Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

During the rule of the Communist party in Czechoslovakia, not working was a crime, so "nobody is unemployed, nobody is homeless" was trivially ensured by chucking such people into prison.

OTOH you had a lot of state-sponsored jobs where you just had to show up, but not necessarily work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_parasitism_(offense)

The Czech offence was called "Příživnictví", which is just "Parasitism".

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BEivnictv%C3%...



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: