Communists are against consumerism and luxury production as a general rule, on this site alone there’s a lot of mocking of treats, society needs bread but does it need circuses? At what point is asceticism good and when is it reactionary?
Communists are against consumerism and luxury production as a general rule, on this site alone there’s a lot of mocking of treats, society needs bread but does it need circuses? At what point is asceticism good and when is it reactionary?
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was just about to say this. The Soviet Union under Stalin literally looked at how boogie the French champagne market was and how it was quite literally a luxury only the rich could enjoy and decided to decommodify the champagne market by mass-producing domestic bubbly. The result lead to a rather tasty and cheap drink that the average worker and peasant can afford and use for whatever special occasion they wished. The production of Soviet champagne continued well past the collapse of the Soviet Union, as Belarus kept the factories that produced it open and also kept it generally cheap. Thank you Belarus.
want to try communist champagne? here's the semi-sweet version and here's the semi-dry version of course if you live in NY you can just pick it up locally, or if your local stores sell it get it there. If you purchase it on the store they'll ship it to your door (but it's expensive so make sure you get a few of them or some other stuff to make the shipping charge worth it)