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yeah, and having real world socialism with vastly underperforming economy, forcing everybody to have a job, creating pointless jobs to to fill this criteria (an
by saiya-jin 11y ago
yeah, and having real world socialism with vastly underperforming economy, forcing everybody to have a job, creating pointless jobs to to fill this criteria (and unleashing state terror on those who don't fit in).
if you think i'm joking, unfortunately no. had lived in socialist country and i can still see the damage on people 20 years after we switched to democracy. people went to jail if they refused to work. if they spoke against the regime, things might got worse. economy-wise - our neighbor Austria after WWII borrowed from us money to rebuild itself. after 40 years of socialism, when curtain fell, they were light years and more ahead of us, in everything, thank you central planning. i felt like a poor beggar coming there first time.
Sorry if my reaction offended anyone, i'm just too allergic of anything reeking of socialism. nothing beats first hand experience
- pnathan 11y agoI, for one, wish we had more memoirs of those who lived behind the Iron Curtain and the philosophies espoused by those countries in practice. I have an uncomfortable feeling that knowledge is dying out. :-/ Thanks for your comment.
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- yo-code-sucks 11y agoThere has never been a true Socialist society, a book titled "A Great Book" doesnt mean its a great book.
- vidarh 11y agoThese regimes were not much more representative of socialism, or Marxism, than North Korea is representative of democracy just because it has "democratic republic" in its name. They violated the principles they claimed to be built on from day one.