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Items under monthly rationing in Poland, early 1980s (media.piefed.social)
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[-] bisby@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That enables for profit. If you can get only 0.5L of vodka legally, and I can get 0.5L that I don't want, I can buy it at market value, and sell it to you for profit. You will pay extra above the market because that's your only way to get it. And even if I had to pay to get it in the first place, because of rationing, I could get it at some market value

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