snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhat was the process like for people who crashed their cars in the USSR? State-run insurance? No insurance?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down18
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the process like for people who crashed their cars in the USSR? State-run insurance? No insurance?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoThe premise is “how did the Soviet Union handle the concept of car insurance?” And as it happens, they had a state-run (and monopolistic) plan like OP suggested. No idea if it was any good though.
minus-squareunfreeradical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThe question feels less suited to a forum for socialism generally than for Soviet history. Ultimately, the insurance may be organized by a company, a state, or a cooperative. Socialists of course are united in being most opposed to the first.
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoI hope people here found the question interesting, however I see how my question could better suit a history community.
The premise is “how did the Soviet Union handle the concept of car insurance?”
And as it happens, they had a state-run (and monopolistic) plan like OP suggested.
No idea if it was any good though.
The question feels less suited to a forum for socialism generally than for Soviet history.
Ultimately, the insurance may be organized by a company, a state, or a cooperative. Socialists of course are united in being most opposed to the first.
I hope people here found the question interesting, however I see how my question could better suit a history community.