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I've lived in Poland, spent plenty of time in then Czecho-Slowakia and a lot less in Eastern Germany.

> You are either dramatically incorrect or lying.

Sorry ?




You begin the post with "He's right though," and then provide anecdotal evidence. I am not arguing against your experience. Your experience is not wrong; I am arguing against that the grandfather post is "right" that homelessness is a symptom of capitalism, to which you agreed and supported.


Those countries that did not have homelessness under Communism have plenty of it under capitalism, for those countries that I have experience with.

That's not a scientific study, but it definitely should give you pause. Oh and I forgot to add Romania to the list.

I said "in the communist countries that I've visited", to qualify my experience, and to make sure that you understood that I was not speaking for all communist countries at all times.




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