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"But in some corners of Hanoi, government officials still have exclusive access to special shops selling goods at subsidized rates. " Surely in a communist gov
by readthenotes1 5mo ago
"But in some corners of Hanoi, government officials still have exclusive access to special shops selling goods at subsidized rates. "
Surely in a communist government access would be equal to all? Why would there be elites?
- Mainan_Tagonist 5mo agoit's because it's not real communism.
- Muromec 5mo agoBelieve it or not, but there were different quality grades of commieblocks. You can guess who got the ones from the first, more quality batch.
- vkou 5mo agoYou'll be really shocked to discover that in the Soviet Union, people also got different pay and company benefits and different retirement ages for doing different work.