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If they were slaves they wouldn’t have to get any pay.

Paying them the same as in my country would be worth much more there. Anyway, might as well produce locally and have less shipping costs when they’d demand the same anyway.

And another factor for outsourcing work is simply that noons wants to do that work here. How does communism solve that? By forcing people to do it anyway?

What about not enslaving people?

And of course people in weaker economies get paid less, they also need less since everything is cheaper.

I’m not saying that was good either, but middle European countries started with a similar situation and got much farther. I recognise the USSR as a lesser evil than tsarist Russia, but that doesn’t mean it’s good. More like an upgrade from 2/10 to 4/10 while other countries went paths that lead to 8/10

Siding against colonialism: I guess its not colonialism when you’re colonialising your neighbouring countries and using your military to keep them in line / end liberation movements by force?

Siding against national socialism: At first they collaborated to take Poland together, and they made a deal to not attack each other. Only after Hitler broke that deal and attacked, forcing them to fight them, the USSR turned against Nazi-Germany.

… and more?

ad 1.: much worse than in western counterparts

ad 2.: my great grandfather was sent to a gulag for criticising the DDR’s government

ad 3.: another great grandfather didn’t do anything except being an officer in the Hungarian military, so he got killed in the communist revolution (1956)

DDR 1953

Hungary 1956 (fighting for democracy and freedom), peaceful student protest was shot at, police and Hungarian army supported the protesters, they got a new president who promised multiple parties and free elections, as well as leaving the Warsaw pact. The USSR sent tanks to end the revolution by killing protesters, the new president was killed too, many people in the military (doesn’t matter if they supported joining the movement for freedom and democracy or wanted to stay in the USSR) got killed.

Prague 1968 peaceful movement for human rights and basic freedoms -> USSR sent troops to end it

What if you were one of the unfortunate ones who simply got starved? If you criticised the government, or if someone simply accused you of being against the system? What if you weren’t even against the system but simply had a higher position (for example in the military, or as a politician) before your country was made part of the USSR? What about the huge lanes in front of grocery stores when they got new food?

Why were there such huge protests, and why did they have to be bloodily shut down? All owning class people?

I’m going to university for 27€ per semester while getting free healthcare and subsidised housing and lunch. If I were to become homeless I could go to a shelter for sleeping and food. Additionally you get a certain percentage of your salary (starting at ~80%, becomes less as the months pass, but it’s plenty of time to find a new job) after getting fired. Schools are free and there are basically no private schools because there’s simply no need, public education is good. After childbirth you also get money until you can work again, for up to 3 years. There are regulations against monopolies and cartels. Etc etc.

imo this is the ideal system

That’s what most European countries (social democracies) are doing. Safety net so you don’t randomly become homeless (you keep getting a part of your salary for a while, and even without any money there are enough places to sleep for all homeless people, at least in Austria), free healthcare, …

Soviet propaganda is a good thing

Was the USSR good?

If the n word and telling people to kill themselves is what brings you joy you may want to reevaluate your values

Why is the jury selection not random

You’re forgetting about the fediverse

In Germany you would’ve been drafted and if surviving you’d have had to help rebuild a bombed-down occupied country. I certainly wouldn’t want to be born before the ~60s.

Yoshi’s Wooly World

So cutee

Wouldn’t the switch (locked down) be pants and pc handhelds (anything) be clothing?

I see you’ve been to Vienna.

Go to the mountains (largest part of Austria, literally 2/3), it’s much better there.

Every day in the US, someone swears at me.

I generally don’t get why swearing is apparently so normalised in the USA. At least in US-made content (from films to books to music to internet posts, everything) the word “fuck” is being used so frequently.

Even when speaking French fluently, I guess an accent is enough

I’m generally very happy with opensuse tumbleweed, so far the best desktop distros I’ve tried. Very polished and user friendly.