By Request: A Day in the Life of Pre-(not so)Capitalist Russia

Russia clams to capitalist democracy, but with Putin at the helm … it looks more like a corrupt state controlled dictatorship. Despite support from many of my friends who are Russian, saying that he is good for Russia. As well as support from my home country's foreign policy. I know better, Putin is a bum and a thief, who only encourages irrepressible corruption. Russia should not be allowed to enter the world trade organization under his reign.
Politics aside:

Will:

So how did you get groceries under communism? Could you just walk in the store and take what you wanted?

Carina:

No, you were only allow so much of any one thing per month.

Will:

Oh, well what if you had guests for a week or had a dinner party.

Carina:

They would have to bring there share of food.

Will:

How would you deal with surpluses? What if for example, the peoples chickens were particularly laborious and produced twice as many eggs that month?

Carina:

Then the people would get vouchers for twice as many eggs!

Will:

Hmm (I imagined the things I would do with twice as many eggs)

Carina:

I remember one time when I was young we got allotted 10kg (about 20 pd) of butter. We really didn’t need 10 kilos of butter.

Will:

Ha (I imagined what I would do with 20pds of butter)

Carina:

Yah, it was a bit silly

Will:

What if you wanted something that you were not allotted or in need of more?

Carina:

Well there was the black market.

Will:

Were exactly would you go to buy black market groceries? I mean did you have a dealer, or what?

Carina:

It depended what you wanted. Salami and cheese you could find pretty much anywhere on the streets. They would be sold by people with long trench coats. They would approach you, flash open there coats and show you what they had to sell.

Will:

Giggling, so they would have salamis hanging on the inside of there coat?

Carina:

Seriously, yes.

Will:

Wow.


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