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In the USSR, money could buy you anything, provided you knew the right people.
by KozmoNau7 8y ago
In the USSR, money could buy you anything, provided you knew the right people.
- dsabanin 8y agoWell to me that means that knowing the right people got you stuff, not money.
- nine_k 8y agoYes, large networks of "right people" to set up elaborate barter or quid-pro-quo schemes.
- kingofhdds 8y agoWhile money weren't useless, being close to right people was absolutely necessary prerequisite. Also, one couldn't earn enough money simply by good engineering anyway. So the arguments stands.
- doombolt 8y agoNo way you could buy an imported car, for starters. You had to be a Vysotsky to pull that off.