r/OldSchoolCool • u/dawidlijewski • 1d ago

1980s Successful Polish private farmer, 1980

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Agriculture was never collectivized in communist Poland, so private farms could exist. Those lucky enough to have fertile soil and good market connections could earn very good money through hard work and smart investment decisions. This farmer owns a house, a car, a dishwasher, and a color TV, and could even afford vacations in Hungary.

https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/zmywarka-w-domu-rolnika-dotarlismy-do-bohatera-sesji-zdjeciowej-z-1980-roku-6457768192861825a

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u/VenFasz 11h ago

the successful ones could repair their polonez with own hands... the less succesfuls didn't have polonez

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u/tiga_94 3h ago

wasn't it like everyone could repair it, not everyone could buy the spare parts ?

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u/VenFasz 2h ago

don't know, i grew up in hungary in the '80s, but the polonez had bad reputation. such as dacia 1310 of romania, one of my kind memory that we've changed the complete gearbox with my father in that shitbox in a day. there weren't two screws the same 😇