Communism and food have a complex relationship.
Often coming to power in countries with rich culinary traditions and customs, Marxism-Leninism’s opposition to the “bourgeois decadence” of the past – as well as the economic austerity it often brings – meant that citizens usually lived Spartan lives where just getting by, not fine dining, is the priority, often in stark contrast with the country’s ruling elites.
Communism and food have a complex relationship.
Often coming to power in countries with rich culinary traditions and customs, Marxism-Leninism’s opposition to the “bourgeois decadence” of the past – as well as the economic austerity it often brings – meant that citizens usually lived Spartan lives where just getting by, not fine dining, is the priority, often in stark contrast with the country’s ruling elites.
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