> If there's a famine or a meat shortage, wouldn't people turn to other foods on their own? Maybe, just maybe, I am really going out on a limb here, the USSR d

> If there's a famine or a meat shortage, wouldn't people turn to other foods on their own? Maybe, just maybe, I am really going out on a limb here, the USSR did not have prices for things that reflected the relative scarcity of items.