PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980slemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarepassiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIf you still gained a salary from work and could buy the rest of what you need this really isn’t that bad
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoI don’t think you got this for free, it was probably just the maximum you could buy of any of these items in a month. That’s how war time rationing worked in the UK.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThis was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoApparently you’re incorrect: https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationing-in-communist-poland/ To buy sugar, cigarettes, shoes, petrol and many other goods they needed not only money, but also special coupons.
If you still gained a salary from work and could buy the rest of what you need this really isn’t that bad
I don’t think you got this for free, it was probably just the maximum you could buy of any of these items in a month. That’s how war time rationing worked in the UK.
This was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
Apparently you’re incorrect: https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationing-in-communist-poland/