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It's been a long time since I read 1984 but I thought everyone was generally impoverished. Like not starving but no real luxuries.
by treis 4y ago
It's been a long time since I read 1984 but I thought everyone was generally impoverished. Like not starving but no real luxuries.
- idlewords 4y agoRight, everything in the book is shoddy and second-rate. Access to high-quality luxuries like good tobacco and coffee is reserved for the Inner Party and is a major perk of membership.
- wojciii 4y agoWhich reminds me of socialism from my childhood behind the iron curtain. The dolar shops had the luxury stuff. Normal people didn't shop there. Corruption was the normal and you had to have money and a bribe to get something.