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Re:Want to be an actuary? Odds are, you’ll fail the test by whatshisface on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @01:26AM (#29722471)
If they said "yes" to that they wouldn't be the first in history with that answer.
Re:Want to be an actuary? Odds are, you’ll fail the test by gruez on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:22AM (#29725587)
And we all know how well that worked out.
Re:Want to be an actuary? Odds are, you’ll fail the test by romwell on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @01:53PM (#29728387)
You mean, it turned a backwater decaying agrarian empire into a world superpower, twice (Russia and China)?

Side note: when the USSR held a referendum on whether it should be dissolved, most people voted to keep it (77% yes, 23% no) [1]. Things by far were not rosy in the late 80s (when a quarter of the nation votes for dissolution, things aren't great), but they weren't 30s either.

That's, of course assuming you mean the USSR/China and ignore all the other welfare states in Europe, as well as programs like foodstamps in the US.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum