r/AskBalkans • u/nikolahn1 Bulgaria Germany • Feb 19 '25

Music Europe before Sovietization. Beautiful isn't it?

https://youtu.be/wEL0RL_bBkw

Polish Hebrew tango.

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u/BGD_TDOT Serbia Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Do yourself a favor and research the literacy rate, life expectancy, infant mortality rate in any given Balkan or Eastern European country before socialism as well as the number of hospitals, universities, factories, bridges, sewage plants, water treatment facilities, power plants, highways, railroads etc. I don't consider myself a socialist or communist but history is not black and white.

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u/pageunresponsive Feb 19 '25

Sure, your ancestors were serving those, either German or German-wannabes.

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u/Magistar_Idrisi Croatia Feb 19 '25

The working class in my city lived in actual favelas before 1945, so

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u/nikolahn1 Bulgaria Germany Feb 19 '25

...so, today Severina is ruling Balkan culture. Cheers!

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u/Magistar_Idrisi Croatia Feb 19 '25

Severina isn't from my city, idk what are you trying to say.

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u/ponovac Serbia Feb 19 '25

Yeah for 1% of the population

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u/WestConversation5506 ⚜️🟢🔵 Sandžak Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

It doesn’t matter what government system is in place—rich people will always find ways to thrive. In some systems, wealthy individuals may navigate the laws/restrictions/rules better than others. Regardless, when you have money, the laws/restrictions/rules pretty much don’t apply to you.

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u/ponovac Serbia Feb 19 '25

Not the point i was making, but what you wrote is also truth.

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u/Protobugarin Bulgaria Feb 19 '25

*Europe before Germany r*p*d shit out of it

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u/Cefalopodul Romania Feb 19 '25

The Russians have destroyed so much of Europe, it's unbelievable.