Replying to @backpropdrop @LinkofSunshine
buildings were smaller then but the space dedicated to any one person/activity was much much much smaller - entire families would live in a couple hundred square feet, sweatshops would cram into a couple rooms or a single floor, schools were tiny, etc
Replying to @ec0anarch0 @uhshanti
what an obvious bit of ax-grinding. oh no, not the ‘regressive taxes’!
sales taxes are used to fund transit basically everywhere in the US. just say that you don’t mind if BART dies lol
definitely true to an extent! some troops did volunteer to stay on because hey, it beats starving. similar logic for a lot of other recruits too.
my favorite Figes fact is that the Red Army was heavily seasonal: people deserted en masse to do farm work and then came back later.
Replying to @inQcel_fired @Bolshie_Boy
lmao at the top of the thread, what a confident dumbass
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