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Communism didn't fail for lack of top-down control. It failed because of too much top-down control (to oversimplify to the extreme).

• k__ 9y ago
  I had the impression it failed because the planning was bad. So the logical consequence for me would be, if the plans were outdated, better IT would allow to change them faster.
  • jnordwick 9y ago
    This is the hubris of every technocrat.
  • golergka 9y ago
    It was bad exactly because it was centralized. De-centralized systems like free market capitalist economy are more resilient by nature.
    • adrianN 9y ago
      That's the theory at least.
      • golergka 9y ago
        That's also the practice, as history of the last couple of centuries abundantly shows.