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if you're not free to become poor, homeless, and starving, are you really free? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/memes

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is worth considering the circumstances in which they were built, though - much of the worst of the classic eastern European "commie blocks" were basically just a desperate attempt to build something that would house people after WW2 flattened half of the continent. Throw in decades of under-maintenance for good measure.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So the upkeep part of this meme is bullshit?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 4 months ago

I think, based on context, they mean the upkeep charges to residents, which are not necessarily the same as the cost to maintain the whole building

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

yeah they may have been the same or worse under a different housing model. or much better, but it seems plausible that this wasnt the worst outcome. a modern implementation in a wealthy society not post war would do a lot better, and probably in this specific sector be better than the market alternative.