Found at the DDR museum in Berlin. Apparently making childrens play with each other is communist propaganda.

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A note written in the wall of a museum saying: A PLANNED CHILDHOOD  The Kindergarten was not only a good source of childcare, It was the first state institution of education that a child would visit. Seizing this early opportunity to convince the next generation of the joys of Socialism, the state ensured that more than 90 per cent of children were granted a place. The day was subject to rigid planning. Children were encouraged to do everything in the collective: playtime, meals and even the afternoon nap left ne room for individual initiative. By Party logic, a good Socialist life in the community was more important than the development of individual abilities
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[–] [S] 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Yes, i think there is a panel where it tells you that some worker for a 3 room apartment pays 10% of their salary. Then they show you a standard 3 room apartment and while going through it I was so surprised because I would never be able to afford anything even close to it.

But all the museum is about how people where oppressed and poor !?

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    "This is because the evil communist government hated the free market and smol bean landlords janet-wink"

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    IIRC their big bad scary point, and admittedly that works on most germans, is that you have a Tram station right outside since nobody could afford or get cars

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I think the most egregious one to me was the stasi listening post that said they listened in to every 3rd person or something along those lines. this was post snowden, so by objective metrics that seemed a lot better than the allied NSA listening in to 100% of everything lol

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Yeah they went into details about how horrible the prisons were in the 50's (so... jail cells full of nazis, boo hoo) and how they only got slightly better from the mid 60's onwards. What you saw from then on was miles better than any contemporary western jail cell.

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