sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 months agoCapitalists: capitalism is the only system that lets you chase your dreams…lazysoci.alimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up124
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minus-squareMaddier1993@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoColleges didn’t exist in communism?
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey did, but you got training in whatever the state wanted, not the individual.
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThis is not true. At least here in Romania, the issue with colleges under communism was that there were VERY limited slots, so you had to either be the best of the best or have a high up party member in the family or as a close personal friend.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSo you are basically agreeing? Not true on paper but in practice you couldn’t just get into college, which is what OP claimed.
Colleges didn’t exist in communism?
They did, but you got training in whatever the state wanted, not the individual.
This is not true. At least here in Romania, the issue with colleges under communism was that there were VERY limited slots, so you had to either be the best of the best or have a high up party member in the family or as a close personal friend.
So you are basically agreeing? Not true on paper but in practice you couldn’t just get into college, which is what OP claimed.