As I posted earlier, there was a youtube video about the Soviet Union put to a piece of music called "Tetris". I believe that the two have been compared because in the game of Tetris, the goal is to arrange all the blocks so that they fit perfectly together. If you do not make this happen, you lose and have to start back at level one. Like the game, the ideology of the Soviet Union was that all the blocks would fit perfectly together. Unfortunately, it was up to the working class to arrange those blocks and if they could not make it work, then the government would throw more demands on them to try and make it work. I see the blocks as symbolizing all the demands, restrictions and rules the government threw on the working class. The man represents the working class. It was impossible for the working class to keep up with these demands and therefore, forced them into a life a poverty, fear, and eventually to thoughts of revolution.
Just like when you lose at a game of tetris you have to start back at level one, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was (for nation) the equivalent to starting back at level one. The entire country fell apart and everything and everyone was living a life in chaos and uncertainty. In a way, the video was satyrical because at a first glance, it was funny! But when you listen harder and pay attention to the song, I believe there is a deeper meaning as to why the author chose to compare the USSR to a game of "Tetris".
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