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thaumasiotes on July 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Death of Cash

> At least the Soviet Union had the decency to grant the masses that stayed clear of politics a safe life without a care in the world.

Unless, of course, they lived in the same country as some people who didn't stay clear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

guard-of-terra on July 26, 2015 [–]

Actually, famines happened all over Soviet Union. You could live anywhere.

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