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Comment by SiempreViernes

12 days ago

Honestly, I think the problem for the USSR were more closely tied to early on becoming a military dictatorship than the particular economic ideas that military dictatorship took on.

The only way to make collectivism work is being a force monopolist / military dictatorship.

  • If you eliminate economic gain as a motivation for doing things, what's left is to motivate through fear. You aren't working hard enough? You're a breaker; off to the gulag for you!