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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by woodpanel on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @04:39AM (#22943464)
In my family some – during their high school years – managed to move from Eastern Germany (GDR) to Western Germany (FRG): They unanimously state the same thing as you did.

My speculation: This hasn't anything to do with the "eastern-ness" of a countries culture – but rather the ROI for education / medicine, which looks quite different under a communist economy, under which so many other endeavours scale so much worse.

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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by rramadass on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:52AM (#22946883)
>but rather the ROI for education / medicine, which looks quite different under a communist economy, under which so many other endeavours scale so much worse.

Great point! I might add that this is also true of many "third world" countries even without Communism.

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