I was taught that communism is when all property (including toothbrushes) gets taken by the government and redistributed personally by one leader who has total control, and it failed because no one did any work (as they got paid anyway)
I was taught that communism is when all property (including toothbrushes) gets taken by the government and redistributed personally by one leader who has total control, and it failed because no one did any work (as they got paid anyway)
In 9th grade geography we were shown population pyramids of various nations and were shown this one of Russia. When asked why it looked so unusual when compared to other nations, my teacher just said "because of communism" and then moved on quickly.
In reality, it looks like that due to the invasion by the Nazis during WW2. When I realized I was lied to, it made me Revaluate many of the things I learned in school.
The last dip is actually due to market reforms.
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Damn, that's a really good visual indicator of the effect of the invasion on the soviets.