Walmart doesn't source from a single manufacturer though, and while competing with them may not be a walk in the park, it's still orders of magnitude less trick

Walmart doesn't source from a single manufacturer though, and while competing with them may not be a walk in the park, it's still orders of magnitude less tricky than competing with state owned soviet companies ever was. There's plenty of wrong with the current state of facts, but suggesting it's roughly similar, let alone equivalent, to what the situation was in the USSR is quite ridiculous.