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DEATH TO ZIONAZIS

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was also the fact that healthcare was made universal, housing drastically improved, and famine was ended.

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

also that we started to educate people on how wounds can get infected, how deadly diseases are if not prevented and treated and we adopted hygiene and sterility precautions in hospitals

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but the fact remains that the establishment of socialism under Lenin and solidified under Stalin had a dramatic impact on how these advances were distributed to the people, enabling a far greater access to medical care and necessities than before.