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Spoiler alert: centrally planned economies never work.
by gnarbarian 6y ago
Spoiler alert: centrally planned economies never work.
- ceejayoz 6y agoIt's not unreasonable to hypothesize that a certain level of technology could make one work. Cybersyn being strangled in the crib by the CIA isn't really good evidence in either direction.
- brokenmachine 6y agoCapitalism never stops working.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoCan you expand on that, or give references/examples?
- p_l 6y agoSpoiler alert - most corporations are centrally planned. In fact, the system design behind Cybersyn is closer to decentralized systems like Toyota Production System rather than centralized approaches exemplified in typical American corporations. The whole point of cybersyn was that control loops were supposed t be established at multiple levels from bottom up, with higher levels interacting only when required for example to handle cooperation between multiple entities.