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Man recording a concert on cassette, Poland, 1980s (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyporn

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[–] BeMoreCareful 54 points 5 months ago (9 children)

He doesn't look happy about it.

[–] espentan 25 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I bet he's angry because he knows the built in mics are crap and will pick up just as much noise as they will music, and then he got even angrier as he considered how Poland was part of the USSR and that there was no way he'd be able to pick up a high quality microphone for an affordable price.

[–] ylph 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Poland was not part of the USSR...

[–] samus12345 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Correct, but the ruling party at the time was under the influence of the USSR.

[–] tty5 23 points 5 months ago

Not influence, control. They were allowed to do their own thing only as long as they did nothing to annoy Moscow and followed all orders.

[–] David_Eight 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's a difference without distinction.

[–] ylph 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Most Polish people would disagree. Poland got pretty fucked in ww2, from all sides, but at least they managed to hold on to some of their sovereignty and not be forced to join USSR as a Soviet Republic.

This partially allowed the democratization movement to form in Poland in the 80s (with Solidarność) and eventually for Poland to get out from under Russia's boot and join the EU and NATO, and avoid the fate of former Soviet Republics like Belarus and Ukraine.