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[–] 37piecesof_flare@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Guess it's more a matter of ignorance on my part (also seems I'm out of my element here), I don't know much about how current communist societies are living - do you have examples of what you're talking about? You've piqued my interest, I'd like to see an example of housing in one of these situations and how they vary, what kind of amenities people are living with there, what it takes to achieve something similar to what I have here (3 bed 1ba SFH on a 5th acre)?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Different socialist systems have had different levels of development, policies, and social wealth, so there's no one comparison to a presumably western country. For starters, western countries have inflated social wealthy due to imperialism, which is not a benefit for socialist countries. Countries like the USSR had different systems from modern Cuba, the PRC, etc, but all have different houses, and different wages depending on jobs worked.

I don't have anything in-depth on hand, but surely you can see that eliminating usury from housing makes housing more affordable without needing to compromise on quality.