Comments by "BVargas78" (@BVargas78) on "The Cold War" channel.

  1. It was better than what a lot of people have now in the first world. Having to live with parents because the rent is too high in the city. Or house share with strangers, ugh. How awful.
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  2. Great stuff, I think this will go down to be one of the definitive videos on Dylatov pass incident.
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  3. I like Ike.
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  4.  @destruction1928  I think that if you have a bad level of education (lazy or low iq) it's fair that you will probably never be able to afford a fancy house and fancy car. Jetsetting around the world on holidays in Japan or Europe will in all likeliness not be an option for people in this situation. But on an unskilled workers wage, provided you are diligent and actually turn up for your contracted hours, you should be able to afford rent for a basic apartment home, use of public transport and have a bit of money left spare at the end of the month (after paying all your living costs) that you can save for a rainy day, and perhaps even put together to buy a more luxury type product one day. Maybe after saving for a while they can afford a playstation 5, or a 4k Television. Or nicer clothes, footwear. Maybe go to a restaurant time to time. That kind of thing, it would be their choice how to spend their surplus. But currently even such a modest expectations are becoming hard to achieve, even in the developed world. Partly because there's not enough affordable homes and people are getting fleeced by private landlords. And this then put's pressure on employers to increase wages, or for government to open the doors to immigraton from poorer countries, all creating more social discord. I think social housing (non profit but not run at a deficit) is key to winning this fight. Otherwise we are going to continue on the slippery slope to anarchy and unrest. Things for people on the lower strata are actually so bad for last few years, you can actually work hard all week/month and run at a loss not a surplus, that's why people in that situation voted for brexit which ended up dragging the british economy down for the majority. Treat people well/fairly and they are unlikely to resort to extreme positions.
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  5.  @destruction1928  Then you condem society to discord, crime, extremism and in future a possible revolution. I for one do not want those things and maintaining a homes at a basic level is a lot easier and cheaper than you think, provided the tenant is not an irresponsible vandal (in which case they should be evicted and fined). It should cost on average no more than £20 or £30 a month collectively, per home, to pay for maintenance and repairs. Provided the housing was well constructed. But landlords are fleecing it to make easy bucks at a social price over the long run. We live in a society, and if we forget that we face a future of extremism and anarchy, really high legal costs and because one thing can lead to another over time, perhaps even a civil war one day. Or militant seperatist movements in other countries. And that will work out a lot more expensive to deal with, than spending a small token amount to ensure people can get by (if they pull their weight).
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  6.  @talete7712  Your dead wrong. I just strongly believe that a society that values it's people and pulls together. And is able to balance that alongside capitalism is the best preventative to communism.
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