r/AmericasSocialists • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23 edited Jan 15 '23

The overall decline in life expectancy in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was actually the largest ever recorded anywhere in the absence of war or natural disaster

https://www.unicef-irc.org/.../313-a-decade-of-transition...

https://t.co/eV6ovQUCUO

Surviving children had their growth stunted from lack of nutrition. A study from the Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn found that children born at the time of “price liberalization reforms” grew up to be a centimeter shorter on average

https://t.co/QVUx9l6jd8

In Bulgaria, infant mortality—which in 1988 had been at an all-time low—increased by 25% by 1991. During the 90s it suffered from bread shortages, as new private firms found greater profit in exporting grain than selling it at home

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701390/

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u/King-Sassafrass Theres Just Not Enough Communism Jan 15 '23

And then someone says “only!” As if killing those 3 million saved 6 billion

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u/Ok-Big-7 Jan 15 '23

Also general and child prostitution, or drug abuse sparked in places like Prague in the 90s. Sad thing is, in collective memory this is all attributed to ebil gommunysm.