Will check it out, thanks!

I know ;_; Maybe I need some other foundational shit I’m missing

Cool, thanks! I’ll check this out later :)

What are the most competent parties that you know of outside AES States in the organising, building, teaching and supporting? I’m trying to find more reading on the subject

Oeh new term noted, thanks. Are the Starbucks unions emerging yellowed yet? Some pretty young people leading them I hear, wonder if they’ve started off toothless due to inexperience.

Excellent point!

If you’re interested in a straightforward English language account of life in the GDR, I recommend “A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee” by Victor Grossmann, who defected by way of crossing into Soviet occupied Austria.

He addresses the perks (price fixed goods (at least staples), cheap public transport, the position of and benefits to the worker) and what could be considered drawbacks by western readers (Stasi, press freedom, limited travel opportunities, industriality of the region) in a fairly evenhanded manner. It’s been years since I’ve read this so I might be a bit off base.

A good companion piece is “Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?” for a more analytical “overview” rather than the perspective of one man.

Both of these works deal with the end of the GDR and it’s bleak.

Excellently phrased, thanks. Ongoing process is all i need I reckon, cheers!

This is amazing. There’s so many counterpoints to peoples’ claims that human nature is selfish but this is nicely put