• jorp@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      A country that went from serfdom to industrial economy in 30 years then got absolutely wrecked in ww2 losing millions of its population might not be able to pull it off as well as we could today

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        3 months ago

        It also helps to not have a brutal dictatorship in charge.

        Thankfully we only have a plutocracy!

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            3 months ago

            Only in that those with money tend to be older, as they’ve had longer to accumulate wealth.

            Age is only a secondary consideration to money. Plenty of old people are getting just as squeezed as everyone else, just with less recourse.

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      3 months ago

      I fascinated by that phrase.

      Yeah I friends that are communist survivors. Luckily they were decent ranking in the party. They only had their share their house with another family of party members. They also didn’t have heat, air conditioning or running water.

      I remember when they bought their first house. It was like 1600 square feet and they couldn’t imagine one family having so much space