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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by mudil on Sunday October 07, 2018 @01:30PM (#18161662)
I lived in the Soviet Union. And you have no idea what it is to live under the totalitarian regime, that is poor and oppressive. You have no idea! Your words above is an empty brainless rhetoric.
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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by 8K71PS on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:48PM (#18162033)
If you really think the stalinist USSR was any worse than modern capitalism I'd highly like to you to look at the plight of third world countries and the post colonial ties that have caused famine,war and chaos in many of them for over 100 years. Western capitalism is built off the abominable conditions it creates, at least the USSR had a measurable improvement and a move away from the horror of the 30s in the 50s.
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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by Fins on Sunday October 07, 2018 @10:38PM (#18163784)
And why pretty much every Soviet citizen would have killed for a business trip (leisure trips very pretty much impossible) to even the poorest third-world country?
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