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Monthly ration in Poland, early 1980s (lemmy.world)
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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This thread is basically:

Scarcity in socialist countries 40 years ago: pearl clutching.

Scarcity in capitalist countries fucking now: yawn.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bruh, you can buy more flour than that with change dropped in a fucking parking lot.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can. And how many people have to live under bridges to allow for that?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How many had to live on park benches and prison camps in Warsaw Pact states to allow for their 'generous' rationing?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I think you thought I was defending the USSR. I wasn't.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good so we got flour figured out. How many homeless people did Poland have in the 1980s? How many does it have now?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Good so we got flour figured out. How many homeless people did Poland have in the 1980s?

Uncertain, because like the Soviet Union, homelessness was illegal and official stats weren't kept. Nevertheless, 'vagrancy' was a serious and recurring problem in Warsaw Pact states.