Message from @Jacob
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but I’m in no way defending the structural failings of communism
just that most ordinary people went along with it because it was decent enough most of the time
Well, the claims are pretty silly if you think about them for a bit. If I'm to believe what immigrants say, they had to wait 4 hours to get bread and everyone was starving. You'd think I'd have family members with stunted growth due to malnourishment if that was actually true.
My family wasn't particularly well off
fun fact: my (American) dad was in Moscow when the first McDonald’s opened there
*that’s when it all went downhill*
My dad got into a Billy Joel concert in Leningrad for free cause he told the guard he was American and Billy Joel was his countryman
Breadlines are likely a real memory but not a daily occurrence. America had gas lines in the 70s. Same idea. The holodomor is undeniable though
oh lol
@TMatthews I mean ya I'm sure Stalin did some bad stuff but I doubt that 70s Eastern block was as bad as they hype it up to be
Life expectancy in Russia was and is atrocious, but that goes beyond just economics
Stalin died in 1953
Let's just say that, as bad as the west is today, we still have nothing remotely near what the Eastern bloc had in terms of thought police. Most of us would be dead or in gulags by now if we did
ya I guess
I mean I'm not denying that there were problems
There are a lot of problems with those regimes. That the best defense of them is "people probably weren't starving as much as they say" is revealing in and of itself
Goodnight Evropeans
I have to watch the "I have a Dream" speech for an assignment 😑
during the Holodomor sure
excellent mustache on that man btw
What do the Facebook boomers mean by this 🤔
Hey Washington Chapter, Im moving from california up to you guys
Move is Tuesday
Jerk
@FACINEMA Seriously? Where to?
@Freiheit - CA You're one to talk. You werent at thanksgiving with Bogl!
Vancouver
I took off too much time for IE
rip
Sorry I wasn't unemployed.
Banner work, drop, DTR
Bruh
hey if you came then you would have been
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>TFW former chapter coordinator doesnt have fascinima NEET-bux
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7-Eleven thirst posting.👆