guest-blogger

Today we have a guest blogger, who writes under the pseudonym, "Kronstadt".

Demoralization

They say that communism was demoralizing because there was no room for progress.  Whether you worked hard, or barely worked at all, you got the same thing.

Today we can work our asses off, and still only just get by.

I have a friend who rents a flat from his employer.  Every month, twenty-five percent of his pay immediately goes back to his employer.

The furniture in the flat is old, broken-down.  A broom for sweeping the floor is on its last legs. the floor is covered with the sort of tile you'd put in a bathroom or kitchen or common area in a hospital.
If you lean against the back of a chair, the back might fall off.  The place wasn't properly cleaned before the friend moved in.

And, he says:  What sort of self-respect do these people have?  The people who rent such a place!  What is in their minds?  Do they think that the renter deserves no better?  Would they be satisfied living in such a place?

But the water is always hot, and there is heat in the winter.  So, he won't die that way, anyway...