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Throughout the ‘80s, I reported for the WSJ from the dying USSR and its satellites and cronies in Eastern Europe and Latin America. All the govt-run stores were a pathetic joke. People would line up not knowing what they were in line for because they needed everything. And when they got the stale food, or horribly made stuff with their ration cards they rightfully complained about how awful it all was.
The worst were the hospitals, which besides the stores and schools, I always made a point of sneaking into and reporting on without a “minder.” They were so sad. In the poorest countries (Romania or Nicaragua) there were 2 to a bed. In Cuba, doctors asked me if I had dental floss, because they ran out of suture material.
It was the same in EVERY Marxist country. When the govt runs everything, nothing is good for anyone…with the exception of the 1% ruling class.
That’s the reality of socialist economies. There’s no middle class. Only a tiny ruling class and everyone else, who live like shit. It’s not a joke. It happens to every country in which it’s imposed, no matter the culture, the race, or the history. That’s the future that the useful idiots supporting Mamdani and other Marxists face. I’ve seen it once, and I hope I don’t live to see it in my lifetime in my own wonderful country.
Christian Collins@CollinsforTX
Communist Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to open his first city-owned grocery. The cost to taxpayers? $30 million. Here's what happened when Kansas City opened a government grocery store: - Empty shelves - Rotten produce - Rampant theft This will work out just as well as Mamdani’s nonexistent free buses.
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