I lived in a communist country in the 80s, but we weren’t happy either. Some things may have worked better than now, but many definitely didn’t. Of course there is a nostalgia factor, but it doesn’t count. So I’d call this bullshit and wouldn’t recommend it.
The Ribbon isn’t the worst thing. It tried to solve the clutter of the previous interface, although I always preferred the old one.
Here is an interesting take on the problem of modern interfaces: https://datagubbe.se/decusab/