A typical soviet factory was a completely different beast. Yes, "real socialism hasn't been tried" is a tired trope, but it's true. Soviet factories ran on prom

A typical soviet factory was a completely different beast. Yes, "real socialism hasn't been tried" is a tired trope, but it's true. Soviet factories ran on promotions by corruption. How loyal are you to the party doctrine? Upper-vice-chief-inspector-of-the-inspecting-of-buttons loyal or just button-maker loyal? You shouldn't prop an utterly corrupt system built by perverting an impossible fantasy as proof that we can't do better.