Oddbean new post about login | logout My grandfather was a pharmacist in Cuba and he also started a little toy store. The Cuban government took his toy store, pharmacy and middle of the road house that my entire family lived in and gave us an apartment. The house was given to a military official. Self custodying words could have protected two generations worth of saved value. My family will never forget this and never trust a government to protect the value we store.
And many have still not learned that painful lession... "Communism will work this time"
These people are narcissists and psychopaths, so they mean "Communism will work this time with me in charge, making all the decisions".
We have to work hard to protect our freedom. Freedom isn’t giving, it’s taken. People are naive if they think it cannot happen to any country, if they take the guard down.
You should ask eastern europeans. Same thing, exactly the same thing. After they took everything the people got shoved for more then a decade in concentration and forced labor camps for more then a decade. With trial, reason: they were educated. 🤣. When the communists realized that they had no specialized work force anymore they let those who survived out and forced them to work again. Read Ayn Rand. True story.
What a shame what happened to you and your family. The good thing is that now you know how to preserve value. Thanks for sharing. 🫂
