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Items under monthly rationing in Poland, early 1980s (media.piefed.social)
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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Brazil didn't have rationing, only hyperinflation and scarcity. I remember my family teaming up with others to go to a farm and have a bull butchered and split the costs, as that was the only practical way to have some meat at a decent price.