Comment by SiempreViernes
Comment by SiempreViernes 10 months ago
That's not true, Soviet communism generated wealthy elites just like any other dictatorship, they just didn't have formal wealth.
Comment by SiempreViernes 10 months ago
That's not true, Soviet communism generated wealthy elites just like any other dictatorship, they just didn't have formal wealth.
> and sometimes retirement equals a purge
That's just dictatorships man, you gotta keep playing the game well or you end up tortured to death in a salt mine.
It’s been very tightly intertwined with the position. When you retire, your wealth is gone, and sometimes retirement equals a purge. I wouldn’t call this being among the wealthy elite by any means. Today, you live in the center of Moscow, and tomorrow you’re an ‘enemy of the people’—good luck proving otherwise.