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East Soviet Bloc suffered >20 years of exact same situation before collapsing. Yes, people did stand in 6 hour queues for basic things like _bread_ in Poland u
by rasz_pl 10y ago
East Soviet Bloc suffered >20 years of exact same situation before collapsing.
Yes, people did stand in 6 hour queues for basic things like _bread_ in Poland under Russian occupation. This is a "bread queue" image search if you are interested:
https://www.google.com/search?q=kolejka+po+chleb&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=kolejka+po+chleb&source=lnms...
- jakozaur 10y agoThough in central/eastern soviet Europe it was regulated rationing with low crime ratio. So dire situation, but somewhat under control, while Venezuela looks like chaos. Soviet Block deal with it by providing paper coupons for food and necessities. Without them you can't buy a lot of stuff.
- kbart 10y agoWhat war was USSR in during eighties? Yes, they were invading Afghanistan, but it didn't have much effect on domestics (much like recent Iraq war for USA). It was already a failed state then and everyone knew it. Disclaimer: I was born in USSR and these "bread" (actually pretty much everything) queues are among my earliest memories.