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Re:Post World War II Food by umanwizard on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:38AM (#41944270)
Making people stay home is a more major restriction than rationing non-essential goods. Social interaction is more fundamentally important to humans than being able to eat chocolate etc.
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Re:Post World War II Food by watwut on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:19AM (#41944515)
Food and gasoline are essential goods. The people were not overeating having to give up luxuries, they had trouble to get enough calories their bodies needed.
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