Economic class...

I grew up in the country that was on the brink of abolishing communistic system. The biggest thing that I remember how my father in order to buy food especially meat and cold cuts went do the store in the evening 6 or 7 pm and had to stand in line trough the whole night and returned in the morning after 10 am. there was no middle class in the communistic system everybody were payed the same. every thing was divided among the people every body had a special cards on which they could buy meat if you don't have special card they couldn't buy it. After the communistic regime have fallen life in Eastern Europe was easier. More merchandise on the self's in the stores. there was open market for goods from other countries. people were happy and wanted that change. that's my experience