Exactly. I heard that from many of my fellow Germans who had lived (other than I) in the GDR.
RT @kamilkazani: Westerners generally underestimate how much Russian population is traumatised by the Soviet empty shelves. It was not "poverty" that damaged the Soviet legitimacy. It was the empty shelves. You kinda have money, but what are you gonna buy?

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