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Capitalism puts capital first, sure, but it is necessary to say it specifically puts person-owned capital first. Economically the USSR had capital too, but it
by cies 6y ago
Capitalism puts capital first, sure, but it is necessary to say it specifically puts person-owned capital first.
Economically the USSR had capital too, but it was mostly owned collectively (by the state).
Hence I define the two in terms of the people that actually own stuff.
- baq 6y agofair points, but one could argue that USSR wasn't necessarily a socialist state. it was totalitarian, which somehow gets more confused with socialist the further west you go and ask.
- cies 6y ago> USSR wasn't necessarily a socialist state it wasn't communist (defined as: no money, no classes, no state). it was commi thoug