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Yugoslavia was so ahead of its time in so many ways. Shame it ended the way it did.

shimonabi 5y ago
As someone who was born in Yugoslavia I have a feeling that science was more trusted. In 1972 Yugoslavia had a smallpox outbreak and it was dealt with quickly. It was a different kind of disease, but still. Now my country is richer than Portugal, but has 33% less vaccinated people.
- medo-bear 5y ago
  former yugoslavia always had a bigger economy than portugal as far as i am aware - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Fed...
- locallost 5y ago
  They dealt it with quickly in China now too, for the same reasons.
- duxup 5y ago
  >I have a feeling that science was more trusted Maybe but I'm not sure it would matter in 1972 Yugoslavia. I doubt individuals had much choice to cooperate, no matter what they believe, with government action to deal with small pox .
  - rapsey 5y ago
    Not sure if it was at that time. But I know Yugoslavia had in some places during an outbreak military on the street with permission to shoot anyone in the leg if they refused orders to stay home.
    - medo-bear 5y ago
      it was an authoritarian government sure, but it wasn't all bad. US at that time was dropping napalm on people
      - bordercases 5y ago
        Not on their own people!
- blago 5y ago
  I think Portugal's per capita GDP exceeds that of any former Yugoslav republic by a factor of 2 or more. Are you referring to something else?
  - shimonabi 5y ago
    Slovenia $25,549 - Portugal $22,149 https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portugal https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portug...
    - blago 5y ago
      Wow, you are right. Slovenia totally escaped me. For some reason I don't associate Slovenia with Yugoslavia. In my mind it was always it's own thing. Maybe there was less fighting during the dissolution and we didn't hear as much in the news.
      - the_monocle 5y ago
        There was basicly zero fighting. And slovenia was already before the breakup the richest state of yugoslavia
      - input_sh 5y ago
        Its war for independence is called Ten-Day War and it had <100 casualties. Still not as good as Macedonia's independence (0 casualties), but not comparable to Croatia or Bosnia neither.
nedsma 5y ago
Like building nuclear bunkers that ate significant portions of its GDP and nowadays can be used as tourist attractions or mushroom production grounds.
- malermeister 5y ago
  You're thinking of albania. Wrong country.

As someone who was born in Yugoslavia I have a feeling that science was more trusted. In 1972 Yugoslavia had a smallpox outbreak and it was dealt with quickly. It was a different kind of disease, but still. Now my country is richer than Portugal, but has 33% less vaccinated people.

medo-bear 5y ago
former yugoslavia always had a bigger economy than portugal as far as i am aware - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Fed...
locallost 5y ago
They dealt it with quickly in China now too, for the same reasons.
duxup 5y ago
>I have a feeling that science was more trusted Maybe but I'm not sure it would matter in 1972 Yugoslavia. I doubt individuals had much choice to cooperate, no matter what they believe, with government action to deal with small pox .
- rapsey 5y ago
  Not sure if it was at that time. But I know Yugoslavia had in some places during an outbreak military on the street with permission to shoot anyone in the leg if they refused orders to stay home.
  - medo-bear 5y ago
    it was an authoritarian government sure, but it wasn't all bad. US at that time was dropping napalm on people
    - bordercases 5y ago
      Not on their own people!
blago 5y ago
I think Portugal's per capita GDP exceeds that of any former Yugoslav republic by a factor of 2 or more. Are you referring to something else?
- shimonabi 5y ago
  Slovenia $25,549 - Portugal $22,149 https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portugal https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portug...
  - blago 5y ago
    Wow, you are right. Slovenia totally escaped me. For some reason I don't associate Slovenia with Yugoslavia. In my mind it was always it's own thing. Maybe there was less fighting during the dissolution and we didn't hear as much in the news.
    - the_monocle 5y ago
      There was basicly zero fighting. And slovenia was already before the breakup the richest state of yugoslavia
    - input_sh 5y ago
      Its war for independence is called Ten-Day War and it had <100 casualties. Still not as good as Macedonia's independence (0 casualties), but not comparable to Croatia or Bosnia neither.

nedsma 5y ago

Like building nuclear bunkers that ate significant portions of its GDP and nowadays can be used as tourist attractions or mushroom production grounds.

malermeister 5y ago
You're thinking of albania. Wrong country.