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Totalitarian societies have existed for thousands of years in Europe. Socialism seems to be pretty popular in the US (Medicare, SS) and seems to be working out

by face 16y ago

Totalitarian societies have existed for thousands of years in Europe. Socialism seems to be pretty popular in the US (Medicare, SS) and seems to be working out okay in EU.

johngalt 16y ago
The article basically says that the Soviet economy was broken by bad bets on two commodities. Very hard to bet the whole country if you don't have a command economy.