Succinctly explained. It is often said the communism removes incentive, or motivation. Some of us remember how drab the Soviet Union seemed, compared to life in the West. They aborted their fetuses, and drank themselves to death. The population was dropping like a rock.
It was a drab lifestyle and it certainly didn't help that people could see the corruption going on around them. If you had the right party connections, you had access to all sorts of extras - shopping in the better stores, being able to own a car etc.
Succinctly explained. It is often said the communism removes incentive, or motivation. Some of us remember how drab the Soviet Union seemed, compared to life in the West. They aborted their fetuses, and drank themselves to death. The population was dropping like a rock.
It was a drab lifestyle and it certainly didn't help that people could see the corruption going on around them. If you had the right party connections, you had access to all sorts of extras - shopping in the better stores, being able to own a car etc.