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[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is your brain on neo-liberalism. Read books, kids.

[–] HomelyBodySallowThigh@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jblog didn't provide any sources, can I ask outside of the quips the counter critique to this line? You don't have to explain anything, just some links, articles, etc

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Studies

  1. Kazatchkine, M. D., & Shishkin, S. (2017). Health in the Soviet Union and in the post-Soviet space: from utopia to collapse and arduous recovery//How history shaped the health system in Russia. The Lancet
  2. Privatization in the countries of Eastern and central Europe and of the former Soviet Union - by Pekka Sutela
  3. Poverty in Eastern Europe and the CIS - Chapter 7
  4. 6 year drop in life expectancy in Russia 1991-1994.
  5. THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF SUDDEN IMPOVERISHMENT: EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE 1989-94 TRANSITION http://web.natur.cuni.cz/ksgrrsek/acta/1999/AUC_1999_34_Rychtarikova_Is_Eastern_Europe.pdf, https://www.oecd.org/els/emp/4383228.pdf, https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eca/publication/youth-unemployment-in-south-east-europe-10-key-messages, http://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_142377.pdf
  6. Shpotov, B. (2011). Stalin’s Industrialization, Great Depression, and Western business
  7. Soviet Union: Facts, descriptions, statistics. (1929). Soviet Information Bureau. (Original work published 1929).
  8. Markus, B. (1936). The abolition of unemployment in the U.S.S.R. International Labour Review
  9. Cereseto, S., & Waitzkin, H. (1986). Capitalism, socialism, and the physical quality of life. International Journal of Health Services ( A must read!)
  10. Hickel, J., & Sullivan, D. (2024). How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis
  11. Hill, M. H. (2024, March 14). Under the red banner: Socialism, physical quality of life, and development

Books

  1. Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
  2. Jeffery Sachs: The strange case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid by Japhy Wilson
  3. Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti
  4. Russia without Putin by Tony Wood

Videos

1.Socialism is just better, scientifically. 2.Socialism is still better, scientifically.

3.How capitalism destroyed Eastern Europe ft. ‪@YUGOPNIK‬.

4.How Capitalism Destroyed Russia.

5.The Trap of Decommunization. Ukraine, Yugoslavia, war..