Yet the standard of living in USSR was steadily rising compared to what it was before. Thing is, those capitalists wouldn't have markets to exploit or tools to

Yet the standard of living in USSR was steadily rising compared to what it was before. Thing is, those capitalists wouldn't have markets to exploit or tools to do so if not for over 50 years of government inducing the demand ("Silicon Valley" literally started because US Navy colocated a bunch of aviation projects, and later it pulled electronics industry there)