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In reply to the discussion: Pictures of a desperate people depict the death of a socialist nation (1991) [View all]Brickbat
(19,339 posts)7. A photo of a prostitute in 1991 in the USSR is a symbol of the failed socialist state.
A photo of a prostitute in 2013 in the United States is...what?
The Daily Mail never fails to hype. Things were definitely falling apart at the end, no doubt about it. "Desperate" and "down-trodden" aren't exactly the words that accurately describe the people I knew from Russia during that time.
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banned from Kos
Jan 2013
OP
You assume that money is going to the greater population of the former USSR.
Arctic Dave
Jan 2013
#5
GDP is very innaccurate for showing quality of life and does not reflect the people's opinion.
white_wolf
Jan 2013
#6
May as well show a graph of the stock market - most people don't really benefit from that, either.
reformist2
Jan 2013
#10
Good Lord, 1 in 5 American children currently lives in poverty. So if capitalism
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#25
Yep! I've seen deplorable places in the US. If aired constantly it would make the
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#31
Back in the early 80s, my then in-laws visited my ex and me, coming
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#35
The propaganda that we are the best runs far, wide and thick in the US keeping the masses under
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#38
A photo of a prostitute in 1991 in the USSR is a symbol of the failed socialist state.
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#7
Got much worse during the Larry Summers IMF "structural adjustment" period. Much worse.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#39
Not true, a democracy will likely reject socialism in favor of a market system.
banned from Kos
Jan 2013
#27
You can tell a system is crumbling (i.e. capitalism) when its boosters start comparing it to......
marmar
Jan 2013
#19
OK, we have a fundamental disagreement on the definition of "socialism".
banned from Kos
Jan 2013
#42