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Monthly ration in Poland, early 1980s (lemmy.world)
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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

500 ml of vodka? Bullshit, there was plenty of vodka and it was distilled legally and illegally.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is just what the State determined was necessary for a person's needs, and issued to them as their communist rations. People could and did engage in capitalism to get what they actually needed.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Based capitalism, providing once again the needed products at the best price