Would you rather live in a Social Democratic nation or a Marxist-Leninist nation

[Vosem]

Right, it's not a 'serious question' to ask whether or not someone would prefer living in a country where they have a guaranteed right to a job, medical care, housing, etc. or one in which they only have partial or compromised access to *some* of those things.

Getting decent food, medical care and housing without bribes or connections is a bitch in communist countries.

My mother would disagree with that.

You can't be serious.

Anyway, social democracy is by far a lesser of two evils here.

[Vosem]

Right, it's not a 'serious question' to ask whether or not someone would prefer living in a country where they have a guaranteed right to a job, medical care, housing, etc. or one in which they only have partial or compromised access to *some* of those things.

Getting decent food, medical care and housing without bribes or connections is a bitch in communist countries.

My mother would disagree with that.

You can't be serious.

Anyway, social democracy is by far a lesser of two evils here.

I am serious, in fact the only thing she liked about the CCCP is the ease of access(except during the late 80s but that's Brezhnev's fault.)

I don't know what you mean by ease of access, and Brezhnev died in 1982.

[Vosem]

Right, it's not a 'serious question' to ask whether or not someone would prefer living in a country where they have a guaranteed right to a job, medical care, housing, etc. or one in which they only have partial or compromised access to *some* of those things.

Getting decent food, medical care and housing without bribes or connections is a bitch in communist countries.

My mother would disagree with that.

You can't be serious.

Anyway, social democracy is by far a lesser of two evils here.

I am serious, in fact the only thing she liked about the CCCP is the ease of access(except during the late 80s but that's Brezhnev's fault.)

I don't know what you mean by ease of access, and Brezhnev died in 1982.

As in it was very easy to get medical attention or food etc. About Brezhnev, have you heard about the Era of Stagnation?

Considering my family lived it, yes I have heard of the Era of Stagnation. I also question how easy it was to get food, considering stories of having to wake up early to stand in specific lines for specific products, and the quality of the medical care, considering that when my father was 2 years old (so, 1973) he nearly died of dysentery.

[Vosem]

Right, it's not a 'serious question' to ask whether or not someone would prefer living in a country where they have a guaranteed right to a job, medical care, housing, etc. or one in which they only have partial or compromised access to *some* of those things.

Getting decent food, medical care and housing without bribes or connections is a bitch in communist countries.

My mother would disagree with that.

You can't be serious.

Anyway, social democracy is by far a lesser of two evils here.

I am serious, in fact the only thing she liked about the CCCP is the ease of access(except during the late 80s but that's Brezhnev's fault.)

I don't know what you mean by ease of access, and Brezhnev died in 1982.

As in it was very easy to get medical attention or food etc. About Brezhnev, have you heard about the Era of Stagnation?

Considering my family lived it, yes I have heard of the Era of Stagnation. I also question how easy it was to get food, considering stories of having to wake up early to stand in specific lines for specific products, and the quality of the medical care, considering that when my father was 2 years old (so, 1973) he nearly died of dysentery.

Which city did your family live in? Mine lived in Perm so there might be a difference due to size.

My mother grew up in Nikolayev. My grandfather was in the military, so my father's family moved around a lot when he was very young; but he ended up mainly growing up in Krasnoyarsk, which was very polluted. When he was two (and had dysentery) they lived in rural Sakhalin; I believe he was transported to a hospital in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for treatment, however.