PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980slemmy.worldimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down15
arrow-up1570arrow-down1imageMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980slemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squarepassiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 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-up6·edit-227 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-up1arrow-down2·27 days agoThis was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 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/