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Monthly ration in Poland, early 1980s (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca -2 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months 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 11 months 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.