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Living Behind the Iron Curtain

Past Present Future

CHAPTER

The Consequences of Socialism on Consumer Goods

After reading Katya's book about this whole question of consumer goods in Eastern Europe and in kind of socialist countries. I think wanting the good was an expression of dissent towards your own system. Having these things became like a mark of it was like a political protest. You were a pair of jeans and you were saying to the states, what are you going to do now?

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