Was Eastern Europe always shitty and poor or is it just shit because of the commies?
Was Eastern Europe always shitty and poor or is it just shit because of the commies?
Matthew Ramirez
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Dylan Fisher
It was always quite shitty, but Moscow's influence definitely stunted economic growth in EE.
Leo Watson
EE was always poorer and more agrarian than Western Europe; feudalism persisted there longer.
Cooper Campbell
Bentley Cooper
eh, it was okay in middle ages compared to some parts of central europe and it was not so bad in 1950es except for the bombed-and rebuilt cheap architecture
but mostly yeah, western europe had always had better lands and more trade, so bigger economy and generally more power
Aaron Jackson
>en.wikipedia.org
showing 1990 numbers and not say 1980 is a fallacy, since there's clear post-transition slump that has nothing to do with commie economy
but the bigger fallacy is to measure GDP of market economy against a commie country
Xavier King
Well, there was a stagnation in the 1980s. That's probably why Gorbachev started with his perestroika and why the whole thing came down. Our economy was in tatters by 1990.
Juan Jones
well the upside was that if you look at that growth, it was an uninterrupte growth for almost 5 decades. market economies usually can't duplicate that
t. not a commie
Noah Nguyen
Poland's nobility was living da life before the Russians started buying the out magnats who apparently wanted even more.
Probably PLC was the richest european country without an open ocean access and free trade around the world.
David Jenkins
WE WUZ AUSTRIANS RICH N SHIT
Landon Ross
whats that
en.wikipedia.org
Landon Phillips
Yeah go fuck yourself
Aaron Reed
It was always poor.
Owen Moore
It was pretty develloped back in the renaissance, and even in the middle ages. I think WW2 destructions and URSS "management" put them very down.
Aaron Nguyen
It has always been shit and poor, but without commies it would have been even worse.
David Williams
...Say Russia.
Sebastian Torres
Russia isnt Europe, Russians arent europeans so no problem here.
Liam Taylor
with the exception of the Czech republic, yes
Elijah Smith
The reasons the Baltics are poorer is because of Russians, yes. ((If they blame commies or Soviets remind them that by the same logic we should put the victory of the USSR in world war 2 on commies or Soviets rather than Russians))
Joseph Sullivan
>Russia
>Not European
You should review your history, mate
Jordan Stewart
>always
Jeremiah Brown
Russia was heavily influenced by Europe but that doesnt make us europeans.
Liam King