That's an adorable (if currently untagged) pout

Champagne is proletarian, any "champagne socialist" would agree!

Come to think of it, what did political censorship look like in the West back in Cold War days? Did they burn every book that promoted communism or something?

WhiteCrow said:

Come to think of it, what did political censorship look like in the West back in Cold War days? Did they burn every book that promoted communism or something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

Champagne is anything but bourgeoisie. Rykov ordered to create cheap, quick to produce and easily obtainable wine in 20s and Soviet Champagne were produced en masse from 1937. Ido need to do his homework.

Correction - Over-zealous Comrade Tiny One needs to do her homework and not label the slightest hint of luxury as 'bourgeois'.

Although technically, you can't have Soviet Champagne (In English at least), since it's not from Champagne, France (And indeed, EU law forbids it outright). It'd just be 'Soviet Sparkling Wine' - so if this is the genuine, French, article it could definitely be perceived as at least a little bourgeois.

Paracite said:

Correction - Over-zealous Comrade Tiny One needs to do her homework and not label the slightest hint of luxury as 'bourgeois'.

Although technically, you can't have Soviet Champagne (In English at least), since it's not from Champagne, France (And indeed, EU law forbids it outright). It'd just be 'Soviet Sparkling Wine' - so if this is the genuine, French, article it could definitely be perceived as at least a little bourgeois.

Well Gangut too had enough of Tiny One's bourgeois shenanigans and started taming her. If this went on it'd be Verniy who's prosecuted for making it sound like communism is the bitter enemy of dignity.

Although technically, you can't have Soviet Champagne (In English at least), since it's not from Champagne, France (And indeed, EU law forbids it outright). It'd just be 'Soviet Sparkling Wine' - so if this is the genuine, French, article it could definitely be perceived as at least a little bourgeois.

Except genuine champagne can be the same thing, after Moët bought the license to use a technological production used in "Soviet Champagne" in 1975.

Regardless of the process involved, it's illegal to call it 'champagne' unless that process fits with the CIVC regulations, and made in, and using grapes from Champagne, it's not legally allowed to be called Champagne.

Even if they use a process from the Soviets, it's unlikely to be completely the same at any rate.

And as always, the popular consciousness in the West (which kinda incudes Japan here), Champagne is always thought of as a fancy wine, for special occasions only - and thus bourgeois (to Verniy there).

Putting all that proletarian and bourgeois stuff aside, their sibling-like(parent-child like)interaction warms my heart XD

soulreap said:

Putting all that proletarian and bourgeois stuff aside, their sibling-like(parent-child like)interaction warms my heart XD

I see it more of Big Sister/Little Sister, but, yeah, same sentiment.

And, boy, is it so easy to make Hibiki/Verniy change her mind.

Maybe, I'm not exactly right about all beverages, but as a general idea:

Also,

• Kvass - [O proletarian], enough said. It was not considered as an alcoholic beverage, so it was legal to make it at home;

• Liqueurs and Nalewkas were also a thing, but they were mostly self-made.

Also, a fair amount of home-brew beverages have always been around: home-distilled vodka aka Samogon and home-made wine, although producing them was a jailable offence. Nowadays it is legal to make any kind of alcoholic beverage without licence, as long as it is for home consumption. You can even buy a distiller openly now.