source https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19590924.2.13&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- TIL that during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the Mesla Machine Company steel plant in Pittsburgh, a worker named Kenneth Jackey handed him a cigar. Khrushchev didn’t smoke and in return, gave Jackey his wristwatch. Later, Jackey had the watch appraised for insurance and was told it was worth only $14.

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[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 62 points 3 days ago

The idea of a politician owning practical, inexpensive things, the same that the working class have access to, and also not valuing those material things a great deal, is something that seems alien to a lot of Western folks, but if you think about it, does just feel right. Like, if you are representing working class people in a government assembly, you should be living in the same standards as the average of the people you represent.