> Competing on a few key sectors is easy when you sacrifice the livelihood of your whole nation, spoil their property, and send millions to the Gulag to deter a

> Competing on a few key sectors is easy when you sacrifice the livelihood of your whole nation, spoil their property, and send millions to the Gulag to deter any political opposition. I doubt it is actually that easy. There wasn't many economies in the world to pull that off. It is probably not a coincidence that most successful countries give its citizens high degrees of personal autonomy.