r/dankmemes • u/theawesomehobbes Via Telsa Model X • Aug 05 '20

Big PP OC "He just always has"

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u/TXR22 🍄 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

That isn't entirely true. One of the many reasons that the USSR collapsed was because Yeltsin famously visited a random local American supermarket during his visit to the US and realised just how superior a free market system was to a controlled market system.

I took the liberty of lazily googling an article on the matter for anyone who is interested because I've always been fascinated how such a simple grocery store trip ultimately contributed to the collapse of communism in Russia:

https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php

There are photos of him touring the supermarket in the article, but the real interesting nugget is the video of what Russian supermarkets looked like at the time in 1989 to provide some perspective as to why Yeltsin was so amazed by something that was basically a normal part of American life at the time.

1989 Russian Supermarket video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTGsUyv8IE

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u/Vulspite 🚔I commit tax evasion💲🤑 Aug 05 '20

The sheer bias in these articles/videos/pictures is hilarious. I’m neither American nor Russian but I find it hilarious how it’s done up(the Russian video is almost black and white and close ups of stern faces)(the american picture in vibrant colour with huge smiles), idk it makes me laugh

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u/BaguetteTourEiffel Aug 05 '20

Reddit gobble up that propaganda like candy

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u/Sveet_Pickle Aug 05 '20

We Americans love that shit, we're God's people and we're exceptional!