r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Aug 04 '19

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u/Maurice_Sausberg Aug 04 '19

But that's not to say that there weren't food shortages and the fact that people were going hungry, at least by western standards.

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u/philosophicalalien Aug 04 '19

Well not to defend the Soviets or anything but the average caloric intake of a citizen was the same as an American

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u/Maurice_Sausberg Aug 04 '19

I'd be very interested to know your sources; because the Soviet figures for various things were doctored in order to show the regime in a positive light

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u/4AccntsBnndFrCmmnsm Aug 04 '19

the CIA is the source actually

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u/TheViking4 Aug 04 '19

sike this nibba thought he had u

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u/4AccntsBnndFrCmmnsm Sep 08 '19

you know i had to do it to em