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You can smell the ideology behind these developments from miles away. No cars of course (not that people didn't want them, the central planners simply weren't g
by 908B64B197 3y ago
You can smell the ideology behind these developments from miles away. No cars of course (not that people didn't want them, the central planners simply weren't good enough to create an environment in which they could be manufactured).
Cramped living conditions but ample communal space, so a lot of time is spent in full view of the neighbor (so they can report anti-communist behaviors to the local police). No individuality, identical buildings with the same layout for identical cogs in the machine.
- floatrock 3y ago> No individuality, identical buildings with the same layout for identical cogs in the machine. And yet when the west does this, we celebrate it as "economies of scale": https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/subdivision-aerial https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/subdivision-aerial (well, as long as your tiny piece of lawn stays green, your house is one of the five approved paint colors, and your HOA dues/conformity-fines are paid)
- 908B64B197 3y agoBetter even: if you don't like the community, you can just leave and settle somewhere else that closer aligns with your value. No exit checks, no assigned housing. I guess to the average worker in the East, these North American housing developments must have been seen as somewhat evil and not desirable at all.
- lost_tourist 3y agoJust can't imagine anyone being nostalgic for soviet Russia unless they were in the upper class/higher up party member.