estaset

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   by estaset 4y ago

   What it has to do with him becoming a part of establishment at the end?
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   by estaset 4y ago

   Becoming a multi-millionaire nowadays is possible, too. Why aren't you one?
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   by estaset 4y ago

   Lmao, belonging to the party is not the same as working for the party. Would you say third of americans belong to the democratic __establishment__ and another third - to the republican? So, two thirds of americans are the establishment.
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   by estaset 4y ago

   > The great success of the soviets was getting people from farms to factories People working at farms ("колхоз") got their passports in the 70s. You have no right to leave without a passport, that's a criminal offence. Not
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   by estaset 4y ago

   Lol, what do you think you'd do in the soviet system? That'd depend on your parents. If they are party members with connections, you'd get some prestigious (by soviet standards) job. The coolest were to do with production of
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   by estaset 4y ago

   Congrats, your grandfather was part of nomenklatura (establishment), that's 2% of the population. They "repressed" each other, no surprises here. It had nothing to do with the "middle class" (in an alegedly "cl