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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (31 children)

Man im pretty socialist who lives in ex east germany with my parents actually being parz of that time and i gotta tell you, with what i hear from them, it was horrible

[+] [email protected] -9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (27 children)

ahhh yes... horrible as in:

guaranteed housing and employment
a non-discriminatory education system
0% unemployment
low taxes
an actually functional railway network
a highly developed health care system that didn't discriminate on basis of class
guaranteed childcare
womens rights way more advanced than in western germany at the time
and most importantly no fascists in government

and no, i dont wanna say that there were no deficiencies, but it is rather obvious to me that it was quite the opposite of "horrible"!

also, what the hell do you mean by "pretty socialist"?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

Ah yes the oh so good DDR with exciting features such as

no freedom of movement
constant shortage of any goods
being a dictatorship
(contrary to your first point) a housing shortage
a culture so dictated by work that people had little to no free time
political pressure
control over the media
the fucking stasi

And what i mean by pretty socialist is: everyone gets equal opportunities no matter what race, religion, gender, political views, etc. I want that chad - who just lost all his belongings - has the same chance to live a fulfilled live as elon musk has. I abhorr the fact that there are billionaire's or even just millionaire's while other people have to choose between paying rent or eating, and those people not even being in the worst situation compared to others.

I want almost, but not completely, communism

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Many capitalist countries have a lot of that now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn't capitalism or communism but people that exploit thos systems

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dont think capitalism is being exploited. I think its doing exactly what it was designed to do.