The practical effects of the Marxian-Federovian cult of technology were ruinous. Inspired by a materialist philosophy, the Soviet Union inflicted more far-reaching and lasting damage on the material environment than any regime in history. Green earth became desert, and pollution rose to life-threatening levels. No advantage to mankind was gained by the Soviet destruction of nature. Soviet citizens lived no longer than people in other countries - many of them a good deal less.

The Unsaved: Nikolai Federov, Bolshevism and the Technological Pursuit of Immortality (p. 138) - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002)