You know, as I read more first hand accounts of folks who lived in AES states, I see a common theme: lots of (sometimes deserved) animosity towards their former governments / communist parties, but almost zero criticism of the communist mode of production. Exception for labor aristocrats who emigrated to the west.
An acquaintance of mine lived in Romania in her 20's. You'd think she'd be the perfect critic of the government, being a university-educated woman.
But no, she's all "The policies were stunningly dumb, especially around children, Ceaușescu was widely despised, and the economy had serious flaws at times, but despite this the system worked, and it's the only time in my entire life I felt safe and optimistic about the future."
Wait, I thought people who lived under the USSR were oppressed and sad and wanted communism to end? :thinking-about-it: hmmmm
You know, as I read more first hand accounts of folks who lived in AES states, I see a common theme: lots of (sometimes deserved) animosity towards their former governments / communist parties, but almost zero criticism of the communist mode of production. Exception for labor aristocrats who emigrated to the west.
It's always like "oh yeah, I didn't like this, this, this" "was it worth it to liberalize" "fuck no what's wrong with you?"
An acquaintance of mine lived in Romania in her 20's. You'd think she'd be the perfect critic of the government, being a university-educated woman.
But no, she's all "The policies were stunningly dumb, especially around children, Ceaușescu was widely despised, and the economy had serious flaws at times, but despite this the system worked, and it's the only time in my entire life I felt safe and optimistic about the future."
I find it absolutely fucking incredible that despite
CeahshshehshuckuCount Choculas mismanagement it still managed to be better than capitalismwtf
It's just built different :marx-hi: