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The Soviet Union had higher rates of homeless than the US both back in the 80s and today. Not to mention that commie blocks were notoriously poorly built and maintained. Soviet architecture just isn’t good.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, every single ex soviet state in Europe (outside of Russia and Belarus) went on a spree to “decommunize” their architecture because it’s so soulless and terrible, and they’re better off for it.

It’s annoying when this shitty propaganda post gets spammed on here every other day with the same misinformation and misconceptions being spread every damn time.

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wpb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

After the fall of the Soviet Union, every single ex soviet state in Europe (outside of Russia and Belarus) went on a spree to “decommunize” their architecture because it’s so soulless and terrible, and they’re better off for it

Their homelessness did skyrocket after the USSR dissolved though. So saying “they’re better off for it” kind of depends on what you value more, pretty buildings or housing people.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The homeless were always there, the Soviet Union intentionally didn’t count them. The ex Soviet states did genuine counts which revealed the actual rates
  
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  - wpb@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Russia
    
    Unless the USSR set aside some funds to have wikipedia run propaganda for them in the future, it seems that you’re wrong.
    
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    Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The article doesn’t contradict what I said. The Soviet Union intentionally refused to count their homeless population because the state pretended that it didn’t exist. The real numbers showed up only after the communist regime fell because the ex Soviet states started counting. Academic studies have shown that the Soviet Union in the 1980s not only had homelessness, but they had it at a rate that was higherthan what the US had at that time.
    
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SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

commie blocks were notoriously poorly built

Soviet blocks from the fifties-eighties stand just fine, so you should probably check your own propaganda.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Reality is propaganda to you. Commie blocks were infamous inside the USSR and outside of it that they were poorly designed, built, and maintained. There’s a reason why all the ex Soviet states ran campaigns to replace them.
  
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