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Stop with this bullshit. USSR showed growth, it never showed actual great economy. The growth was only impressive so long as it was in a process of getting shit
by Vitaly 5y ago
Stop with this bullshit.
USSR showed growth, it never showed actual great economy.
The growth was only impressive so long as it was in a process of getting shit together. Educating population, building basic road infrastructure, etc. when you are in a shithole, you can show impressive growth for a while while getting to a basic level. They never figured out how to actually prosper.
- droptablemain 5y agoA great example of "moving the goalposts." "Educating [the] population" and "building basic infrastructure" is something we're doing a pretty shoddy job of in the U.S., so the attempt to minimize the significance is pretty disingenuous. What's your criteria for a nation to "actually prosper?" Hyperdriven, rampant, and mind-numbing consumerism? More millionaires? At the expense of the laborers of which colonized nation?
- _dain_ 5y agoSo prosperous and happy they had to build a wall to keep people out. Oh, wait.
- i4004 5y ago> Hyperdriven, rampant, and mind-numbing consumerism? More millionaires? Based > At the expense of the laborers of which colonized nation? Given I worked in one of such "exploited" "colonized" nations for 2 years I'd say people were pretty happy with the rise of higher wages, better infrastructure including education, access to quality goods, and the creation of new jobs and industries.
- malermeister 5y ago>educating population, building basic road infrastructure, etc So things a not centrally planned economy like the US is failing miserably at? You made a case against your point of view without even realizing it.
- SantalBlush 5y agoEducation and basic road infrastructure are severely behind in the US. I think a lot of people look at billionaires flying to space and believe that means the US population is advanced. Sadly, it isn't true. We are lagging in important areas.