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readthenotes1
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Hanoi’s humble beer glass and the memory of a nati...
"But in some corners of Hanoi, government officials still have exclusive access to special shops selling goods at subsidized rates. "
Surely in a communist government access would be equal to all? Why would there be elites?
vkou
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You'll be really shocked to discover that in the Soviet Union, people also got different pay and company benefits and different retirement ages for doing different work.
Mainan_Tagonist
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it's because it's not real communism.
Muromec
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Believe it or not, but there were different quality grades of commieblocks. You can guess who got the ones from the first, more quality batch.
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Surely in a communist government access would be equal to all? Why would there be elites?