> the social equality was better If you skip the whole rulling class. High-level bureaucrats, managers and so on. With separate hospitals, shops, apartment qu

> the social equality was better If you skip the whole rulling class. High-level bureaucrats, managers and so on. With separate hospitals, shops, apartment queues and whatnot > you had guaranteed work place Likely on the other side of the country thousands of kilometers away. And it was easy to loose that if you stepped on wrong person's toes or came out against glorious communism. Then you'd have super hard time to get any job. > you had guaranteed home Likely a komunalka and then getting your own apartment in your 40s when your kids are about to move out. > you had guaranteed education Higher education had super tight quotas. It was common for people to take exams over and over again for years to get in. And it was easy to get rejected if you did something politically stupid back in school. Or your parents did. After you eventually graduate - you'd have to go wherever you get assignment. You get to choose from several options if lucky. But if you don't get married while studying (families get assignments to same city, so likely a major one), you're likely to be sent to bum fuck nowhere. Because all assignments to bigger cities are taken by couples.