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Wolf480pl@wolf480pl@mstdn.io (2026-10-18 05:57:45)
@icedquinn @cjd 
I'm not sure about soviets, but based on what I know about stuff (washing machines, cars, tractors, etc) that was produced in Poland during commie times:
- it was highly durable, because you could buy zero or one within your lifetime, and it had to survive for the rest of your life
- everybody wanted it, but you had to wait in a queue
- the people who were making it didn't particularly care about being efficient "whether you stand or lay down, you're owed 1000 PLN"
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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-10-18 06:04:54)
@wolf480pl @cjd soviet stuff could be pretty terrible because stalin was just obsessed with "look we made as many TVs as the west has!!" and everybody was cutting every corner imaginable to satisfy bullshit KPIs.

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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-10-18 06:07:36)
@icedquinn @wolf480pl @cjd I don't have it on hand but there's actual across the board analysis of ussr country manufacturing output, for example refrigerators were EXTREMELY bad.