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Because light bulbs were expensive and in deficit and people were cheap and plenty in USSR.
by helge9210 6y ago
Because light bulbs were expensive and in deficit and people were cheap and plenty in USSR.
- hellbannedguy 6y agoIn 1978 two light bulbs wired in parallel could not be a lunch bill even in Russia.
- helge9210 6y agoYou don't understand, how planned economy works, do you? If you were given N lightbulbs at the beginning of the year and all of them went "pop" or were "taken home", you won't have more until next year, no matter what. And by "you" here I mean support person, responsible for putting spare lightbulbs into sockets. The scientist's performance assessment on the other hand is not tied to support supply chain troubles. He must continue with experiments and must use "hidden reserves" (disable safety system) if necessary.
- emptyfile 6y agoYeah, nuclear scientists grew on trees in the USSR. Love how authoritative americans are with their stereotypes.
- helge9210 6y agoI'm not an American. I was born in USSR and lived there until its long awaited collapse.
- brokenkebab 6y agoUnless you are taking these words absolutely literally, the OP is right. Economizing + achieving the marks set by CPSU at all cost was prioritized over everything, including safety even in armed forces. Source: born, and raised there.
- serf 6y agois there a name for the phenomenon of assuming someone on the internet is an American whenever they express a negative sentiment about anything? There should be.
- elliottkember 6y agoIt’s called projection