alt Hacker NewsI cringe every time some youngster suggests we go down the socialist/communist path because none of them have any real-life experience with how bad Eastern Europe was! Here's a hint: It's was fucking beyond belief horrible--everyone was poor, there was nothing to buy in the stores, and people spent most of their free time drinking themselves to death.
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rybosworld • yesterday at 9:27 PM
I cringe any time someone points to a failure in an unimaginably different circumstance as evidence for why something won't work here.
Some people get bit by a dog and are afraid of dogs their whole lives. It's irrational.
Also, socialism and communism are not synonyms.
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On the other hand, I live in Norway. Bits like healthcare and a good safety net makes things nicer. I'm from the US originally. This nice stuff could be adapted for the US if folks would put their energy into helping others rather than spite.
Mismanagement of resources is bad no matter what system is used. Just because some under one sort of ideology and corrupt leaders failed doesn't mean that folks can't take the bits that were good, adapt and improve them, and see good results.