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Do you realize those videos are from after the Soviet economy crashed, right? I'm not trying to apologize for the terrible economic system employed by the Sovie
by herbstein 7y ago
Do you realize those videos are from after the Soviet economy crashed, right? I'm not trying to apologize for the terrible economic system employed by the Soviets, but to call that video representative of 40 years is just wrong.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago1990 is before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and highly dysfunctional food distribution was a characteristic of all socialist economies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_1981_hunger_demonstrations_in_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_1981_hunger_demonstrati... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_austerity_policy_in_Romania#Food_shortages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_austerity_policy_in_Roma...
- Fins 7y agoIt wasn't any better before.