• Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    It’s not talked about for good reason.

    I heard of a young DDR functionary who went there to get a reclusive regional party secretary to finalise the sale of a defunct tractor factory in his homeland and it did NOT end well.

    • fanbois [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      The Grumbian decision to make all their engines run on cabbage and subsequently turn 92% of the countries agrarian production to cabbage did them honestly no favor. Even the polish thought they were a little obsessed with cabbage and the smell was practically unbearable for foreigners.