The article doesn’t even mention stuff like planned obsolescence or the fact that a lot of new goods end up being destroyed to artificially inflate prices.
The article doesn’t even mention stuff like planned obsolescence or the fact that a lot of new goods end up being destroyed to artificially inflate prices.
My family moved around a lot after the collapse. I live in Canada nowadays. And I’ve seen what life in rural areas is like, it was hell of a lot better than this. Mortality among Russian men rising by 60% since 1991, four to five times higher than in Europe is also a bit of a giveaway that things worked better under communism.