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saragoodtimes · F
@TexChik under socialism you'll be waiting in long lines just to see a doctor
helenS · 36-40, F
@saragoodtimes Here's an article about the everyday tristesse in a socialist country (Socialist Poland in this case, pre-1990), maybe it's of interest to you, with nice pictures of loooong lines, just to get your everyday stuff such as toilet paper:
http://cosmopolitanreview.com/how-i-survived-socialism/
Here's a brief quotation:
'I am going to begin with food because most of my family’s activities, as I remember them, focused on and around acquiring food. That’s the only way to be when you live under socialism because food is not something you just go out and buy. Under socialism, food is something you “organize.”'
http://cosmopolitanreview.com/how-i-survived-socialism/
Here's a brief quotation:
'I am going to begin with food because most of my family’s activities, as I remember them, focused on and around acquiring food. That’s the only way to be when you live under socialism because food is not something you just go out and buy. Under socialism, food is something you “organize.”'