Uneven development is why capitalists hate socialist countries. This is a very sincere concern. Why didn’t everyone automatically get a heated dacha? As we all know, there are no limitations or competing needs when allocating resources. I’m not the idealist, you are. THAT’S WHY EVERYONE IN THE CAPITALIST WORLD HAS A HEATED DACHA.
What I really love about this is that a dacha is a 2nd home for hanging out in on vacation or days off. They’re very common in Russia. A legacy of the Soviet Union. People love to get out of the city on the weekend, do some gardening, foraging for mushrooms, and grilling. A couple generations of Midwest industrial workers have them too. Auto workers have little cabins all over Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It’s extremely rare now for an American to have a fucking dacha, even without heat. The lack of universal heated dachas in the socialist world is the most out of touch complaint I’ve ever heard. I would gladly have an unheated dacha. My friend showed me her parent’s unheated dacha in Russia, and it looks awesome.
“not everyone in the USSR had a modern heating system in their second or vacation home” just doesn’t hit the same
last time i looked it up wasn’t it like 75-80% or some mind blowing number that second home? god i would trade some shitty cheap western comodities for a second home in the country and like 8 weeks of vacation time
In Scandinavian countries some labor unions will up and own a bunch of little summer cottages and timeshare them as a union benefit. 5 years of service with the union? Free week in the country
the benefits the average worker was given blew me away when i first read about them. retirement at 55 for heavy labor jobs 60 for everyone else, more vacation time then soc dem governments. i guess some people got complacent and then came that lust for shiny new things instead of appreciating how much of your life is yours
Amazing how they willingly destroyed their countries to live like the US and American workers haven’t come close to the amount of damage they do while living in much worse conditions.
i know gorby wooed many with promises of Nordic social democracy (keep your benefits AND get access to shiny hyper consumerism!) and it seems a general breakdown in Marxist education allowed people to actually think that was possible.
Uneven development is why capitalists hate socialist countries. This is a very sincere concern. Why didn’t everyone automatically get a heated dacha? As we all know, there are no limitations or competing needs when allocating resources. I’m not the idealist, you are. THAT’S WHY EVERYONE IN THE CAPITALIST WORLD HAS A HEATED DACHA.
What I really love about this is that a dacha is a 2nd home for hanging out in on vacation or days off. They’re very common in Russia. A legacy of the Soviet Union. People love to get out of the city on the weekend, do some gardening, foraging for mushrooms, and grilling. A couple generations of Midwest industrial workers have them too. Auto workers have little cabins all over Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It’s extremely rare now for an American to have a fucking dacha, even without heat. The lack of universal heated dachas in the socialist world is the most out of touch complaint I’ve ever heard. I would gladly have an unheated dacha. My friend showed me her parent’s unheated dacha in Russia, and it looks awesome.
“not everyone in the USSR had a modern heating system in their second or vacation home” just doesn’t hit the same
last time i looked it up wasn’t it like 75-80% or some mind blowing number that second home? god i would trade some shitty cheap western comodities for a second home in the country and like 8 weeks of vacation time
In Scandinavian countries some labor unions will up and own a bunch of little summer cottages and timeshare them as a union benefit. 5 years of service with the union? Free week in the country
Some Soviet unions would have resorts on the Black Sea for their members.
the benefits the average worker was given blew me away when i first read about them. retirement at 55 for heavy labor jobs 60 for everyone else, more vacation time then soc dem governments. i guess some people got complacent and then came that lust for shiny new things instead of appreciating how much of your life is yours
Amazing how they willingly destroyed their countries to live like the US and American workers haven’t come close to the amount of damage they do while living in much worse conditions.
i know gorby wooed many with promises of Nordic social democracy (keep your benefits AND get access to shiny hyper consumerism!) and it seems a general breakdown in Marxist education allowed people to actually think that was possible.
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