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Is Communism good?
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Yes 375 66.25%
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pigdog
Apr 23, 2004

by Smythe

Ardennes posted:

In the case of the Soviets, some of it was poor central planning, but most of it was price controls. The Soviets wanted everyone to have as much as they wanted (food/consumer good etc) at well below market prices. This cause an enormous black market as people simply bought as much as they could, then resold the products once stores quickly ran out of them.
Everything in the Soviet system from a box of matches up to something like motorcycles had the price printed or stamped on it, and selling it for any more than that would've been "speculation", which was punishable. There was a black market for imported goods, but domestic products that were in short supply were mostly exchanged for other products, or favors.

ps: For anyone who wishes to experience life under Communism today: get placed in a minimum security prison. "Orange is the New Black" is uncannily similar to how Soviet society worked. Not having rights, smuggling, favors, some of the most menial positions being most desirable, etc.

pigdog fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Jan 21, 2017

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