Economic reforms rapidly destroyed the nation’s agricultural production and store shelves went almost empty. In 1992 the average Russian consumed 40% less than in 1991.[2] By 1998 some 80% of Russian farms went bankrupt and the nation that was one of the world’s leading food producers suddenly became dependent on foreign aid. About 70,000 factories shut down and Russia produced 88% fewer tractors, 77% fewer washing machines, 77% less cotton fabric, 78% fewer TV‐sets and so forth.[3] In all, during the transition years, the nation’s Gross Domestic Product fell by 50%, which was even worse than during [Axis] occupation.[4]
It is probable that dozens or hundreds of houseless people in the Anglosphere are starving to death yearly. The only explanation that I have seen for the lack of a statistic is that it is ‘due to the relative infrequency of the occurrence’; petitio principii.
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases increase when the bourgeoisie imposed neoliberalism on the Eastern Bloc. Millions of Easterners died from the imposition
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There was no such decrease in food consumption after the U.S.S.R. survived the Civil War (except when the anticommunists reinvaded in the 1940s). In fact, overall food consumption increased over the decades, and even the CIA conceded in the 1980s that the U.S.S.R. was ‘basically self‐sufficient with respect to food.’
Meanwhile, Argentinians are finding it harder and harder to access food due to propertarian policies; food prices are obnoxiously high in Argentina.
It is probable that dozens or hundreds of houseless people in the Anglosphere are starving to death yearly. The only explanation that I have seen for the lack of a statistic is that it is ‘due to the relative infrequency of the occurrence’; petitio principii.
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