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I have Family in Omsk Oblast....Communism never worked for them..............
For every family that "communism didn't work for," there were three other families, for which communism worked.
Same with capitalism; for every family that's happy to live under capitalism, there are three other out there, for whom capitalism doesn't work.
It all depends.
This thread is a great example of why history tends to repeat itself.
I understand that you probably would like more of a "clear cut," more of the "black and white" definition, as in "communism bad, capitalism good," for the debate to be closed once and for all, but it's obviously not a case.
So yes, most likely the history will repeat itself.
For every family that "communism didn't work for," there were three other families, for which communism worked.
Same with capitalism; for every family that's happy to live under capitalism, there are three other out there, for whom capitalism doesn't work.
It all depends.
I have been to their town... They still crap outside. and grow food to survive the winter ...the whole town and every town around Omsk. It doesn't work for millions.......
I have been to their town... They still crap outside. and grow food to survive the winter ...the whole town and every town around Omsk. It doesn't work for millions.......
Guess what, under capitalism in Russia, not only many in the backwater locations still have to take crap outside and to grow food to survive, but now on top of that they don't have any medical care available around, their retirement age is going up without any employment perspectives, and what's even worse - their pensions very soon are not going to be guaranteed by the government any longer. Unlike back in Soviet times.
You lived in "Russia proper" Moscow region.
What I've noticed during my extensive travels across the USSR, was that central parts of Russia were supplied the worst. I assume the authorities were thinking that these people could always make it to Moscow to stock up on food.
Otherwise I don't find any reasonable explanation for this phenomenon.
No, I lived in one of the slavic republics, not RSFSR. Did you hear about the "sausage trains"? It was long before the perestroika.
I understand that you probably would like more of a "clear cut," more of the "black and white" definition, as in "communism bad, capitalism good," for the debate to be closed once and for all, but it's obviously not a case.
So yes, most likely the history will repeat itself.
Next time we'll do it the right way eh comrade?
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