There is an old joke in Eastern Europe: "What is big, red, ugly and doesn't kick you in the butt? A soviet buttkicking machine".
Depending on the goods you would get either something that is engineered to survive everything, or something so shoddy it falls apart before the first use (and of course everything in between). The reason for shoddiness however is different than the reason for the same in capitalism. Of course desire to cut costs is important in both systems, but in one case the major limitation is the lack of resources and technological know-how. On the other it's an artificially imposed lack of resources, cause profit must be maintained and costs cut.
The upside is that tinkering and DIY was a very big part of culture, so you could repair everything.
i would always call attention to it when i worked pharmacy, i genuinely liked my job when we were full staffed. My slow descent into constant bitching grated everyone around me lmao**___**
There is an old joke in Eastern Europe: "What is big, red, ugly and doesn't kick you in the butt? A soviet buttkicking machine". Depending on the goods you would get either something that is engineered to survive everything, or something so shoddy it falls apart before the first use (and of course everything in between). The reason for shoddiness however is different than the reason for the same in capitalism. Of course desire to cut costs is important in both systems, but in one case the major limitation is the lack of resources and technological know-how. On the other it's an artificially imposed lack of resources, cause profit must be maintained and costs cut. The upside is that tinkering and DIY was a very big part of culture, so you could repair everything.
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i would always call attention to it when i worked pharmacy, i genuinely liked my job when we were full staffed. My slow descent into constant bitching grated everyone around me lmao**___**
I thought there must be a nugget of truth so thanks for clarifying:)