> I've read somewhere that in the USSR paying more than 4% of your income to housing was considered criminal
Fortunately that was the only criminal activity in the shining beacon of freedom and prosperity that was the USSR.
Fortunately that was the only criminal activity in the shining beacon of freedom and prosperity that was the USSR.
I don't think this is a useful way to approach any of these problems, and I'm sure neither do you, so why try to score cheap points this way.
My primary intention wasn't to refer directly to the morality of the USSR. Economically speaking, the USSR was a disaster, so I'm skeptical that we should implement the policies that quite literally destroyed a nation.
But yes, the USSR was a murderous state led by men who were happy to kill tens of millions of people for personal gain. I find that morally reprehensible.