It was a long convoluted argument. It went something like, "if all of those communists hadn't just made all that stuff for free then lots more people would have

It was a long convoluted argument. It went something like, "if all of those communists hadn't just made all that stuff for free then lots more people would have jobs building it". Also it all violated patents and was inherently inferior (but by its dastardly and audacious existence, prevented the better commercial stuff from being made). As well as costing the jobs. ??? It was about as coherent as cooked spaghetti.