• BmeBenji@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    My dad: “Yeah, maybe a good solution to the problem of not being able to pay rent would be government-provided housing”

    Also my dad: “Socialism is horrible! If it wasn’t, then why would EVERYONE be trying to leave Communist countries like Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe???”

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      I wonder what the modern world would look like had the USSR not been dissolved, and repaired its relationship with the PRC.

      • Rolder@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        At the end of the day, there is a reason the USSR dissolved. Generally related to bread lines, gulags, all that fun stuff