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> As opposed to what less dominant but still significant systems? The cold war ended roughly half a century ago; I'm rounding. (To be clear: no love lost for t
by thwayunion 4y ago
> As opposed to what less dominant but still significant systems?
The cold war ended roughly half a century ago; I'm rounding. (To be clear: no love lost for the soviet system, but "an ideology of capital" it decidedly wasn't.)
- WalterBright 4y agoThe USSR's economy still revolved around money and allocating money. It was just the government allocating it rather than individuals.
- varjag 4y agoAnd in our Soviet passports we all had "No True Scotsmen" under "nationality".
- nine_k 4y agoIf you read more about (post-war) Soviet economy, you'll notice how money's role was secondary, and what was really important in the industry was access to goods that were in short supply (that is, nearly all of them), and various "limits" of access which the government set. Also, corporate lobbyists were a thing, and played a major role in getting access to these limited goods, getting them on time, and raising the "limits". As some researches pointed out, the Cold War-era Soviet system was an "administrative market".
- WalterBright 4y agoIt still operated on money. The Soviet system did not obviate money in any way. The reason the gulags existed was so the government could get cheap forced labor. That means it was about money.
- darkerside 4y agoThen you shouldn't say "at least" half a century. You're scraping unearned points there.