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Markets are democracy for the rich. They are only democratic when everyone has roughly equal purchasing power, a condition which is nearly immediately undone by
by tehjoker 6y ago
Markets are democracy for the rich. They are only democratic when everyone has roughly equal purchasing power, a condition which is nearly immediately undone by a market. The whole idea that founded the Soviet Union is that markets are deeply undemocratic and they were trying something different. You can criticize their attempt, but it's important to at least understand that.
- thrwway34 6y agoThere were plenty of markets and black markets in USSR. Most of the time the only reliable source of meat and poultry for ordinary citizen was a "Farmer's Market" (Колхозный Рынок).