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I'd be interested to see which countries in Eastern Europe have abandoned the kind of socialist policies that I mentioned - free/universal health/education/welf

• Viliam1234 6y ago
  Different socialist policies had different impact on health; some of them positive, some of them negative. On one hand, universal healthcare, because universal everything. Great! On the other hand, factories were treated like objects of worship. Like, in the middle of a city, a huge factory is built, poluting all the air and water, thousands of people get cancer, the life expectancy in the region decreases by five or ten years, but hey, more factories = more progress. If you complain, you get arrested. Also, the healthcare was a bit factory-like. For example, c-section at almost every childbirth, because it's more efficient that way. (Secret mandatory sterilizations after third child for minorities.) Then, when the socialism was over, the universal healthcare remained, the factory in the middle of the city went out of business, people finally started complaining and some standards in healthcare were increased... and now we have the best of both worlds!