guaranteed housing and employment
a non-discriminatory education system
0% unemployment
low taxes
an actually functional railway network
a highly developed health care system that didn't discriminate on basis of class
guaranteed childcare
womens rights way more advanced than in western germany at the time
and most importantly no fascists in government

and no, i dont wanna say that there were no deficiencies, but it is rather obvious to me that it was quite the opposite of "horrible"!

also, what the hell do you mean by "pretty socialist"?

[–] Tiltinyall@beehaw.org 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

My family escaped to West Germany shortly after the war. They escaped starvation and joblessness. You are wrong.

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

so all youre telling me that after the county was almost completely destroyed during ww2, the situation was dire? no fucking shit, sherlock.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

An actually ideologically socialist government wouldn't have made them feel the need to flee, and would have done better picking up the pieces

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