Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Did the Soviet Union EVER Recover from WW2?" video.

@jussim.konttinen4981 National Socialism is not what the UK had.
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@fabiofaria4243 The UK economically got over WW2 in the 1970s. Labour undid Thatcher's failed economic reforms, which reversed the economic recovery, to great success. The truth is that most ordinary families in 1970s Britain were better off than ever. Many had their own homes for the first time, brand new colour TVs, Continental holidays and new cars. For most ordinary people, they enjoyed a lifestyle their parents and grandparents could barely have imagined. By 1979 about ~13 million were taking holidays abroad. Even working-class families, holidays were in Malta and Majorca. The cultural texture of British life changed more quickly between 1970 and 1980 than during any other post-war decade. https://flipchartfairytales.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/economic-growth-1949-2011.png?w=1920&h=618 Look at 1978 and 1979,which are very good - the Thatcher figures are because she had North Sea oil on tap. Income was more evenly distributed in the 1970s than in any decade before or since. The UK’s Gini Coefficient (a measure of inequality) was at its lowest between 1970 and 1979. In terms of income Britons have never been more equal than they were in the Seventies, something the ruling privileged class strata did not like. https://flipchartfairytales.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/uk-income-inequality-1960-2005.png?w=1920&h=1113 For the wealthy the 1970s were the worst of times as their differential to the lower classes was narrowed, but great for everyone else. The wealthy were still doing very well though. Until Margaret Thatcher came along and reversed the lot sending us into an abyss underpinned by petty snobbery.
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@andrewgrandma2816 Your knowledge of economics and its history is sadly about zero.
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@andrewgrandma2816 Following and knowing are two different things.
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The Soviets used quality of life with the basics of life covered more as metric of how they were progressing. Trinkets like consumer items were dismissed largely by the Soviet hierarchy. Once a society has the basics covered the population want quality consumer trinket items. This is where the Soviets failed in not proving them. A Romania neighbour says that her parents looked back at the communist time as the "good times". All were housed with modern plumbing & hygiene and fed without any worries with excellent public transport - no overburdened mortgages to cope with. The social aspect of life was very good, with social clubs set up, etc, etc.
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@Crashed131963 They kept it going as HMG were making money on the loan. The loans were very low interest. With the repayment money they could play on the markets, make on it, then make the repayment making a profit.
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@LA_Commander I do not need a lecture on post war British politics. I will be giving those out. Find out what National Socialism is.
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@gj1234567899999 In 1945 the two largest manufacturers in the world were the US and UK, who immediately went over to civilian production. For e.g., the UK made the vast majority of the world's motor cycles. The new factories for war production were a great asset.
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There is a massive difference between social democracy and communism. Many do not know the difference.
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@tylerdurden4080 Why they were doing that is baffling. Maybe for political reasons. Why would anyone want to risk for life for a bigger fridge and colour TV? Or the grass is greener.... Her parents liked it very much, but that was in another country. That made sense to me.
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@tylerdurden4080 You must stop giving out bull.
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@tylerdurden4080 The point is the eastern block economy. You are implying everyone was clambering to get out, risking their lives to do so. They were not. They had stable communities that were quite happy. We know because many of those people migrated to the UK. We talk to them. You are just another brainwashed cold war victim. Shake it off. Get over it.
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@tylerdurden4080 Not insults, just factual observations. His brain washing is coming out now, using the word "commie". Sad isn't it.
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@tylerdurden4080 Good. Self awareness. Now get it sorted.
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@tylerdurden4080 Yes a complete idiot. Sane people do not want go carting knives around. Now run along and polish your gun.
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@LA_Commander Britain went National Socialist after WW2? Please just give up. What you wrote was compete tripe. All of it.
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@LA_Commander You are a complete idiot.
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@Nate-uf4xk They the Americans ruined it with the 1929 crash. Then Britain being late in war preparation boosted US industry eliminating their soups lines.
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Who lost what war?
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@andrewgrandma2816 The British did the fighting while the US did the counting. Tizard was given free to the USA. What price was that?
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@dennisweidner288 Was what?
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@dennisweidner288 Social Democracy. You seem to think it is bad thing, for some perverse reason. The highest standard of living in the world is in Social Democracies.
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@dennisweidner288 You need to understand what Social democracy is.
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