> sounds remarkably like corruption In the sense of external entities illegally hoovering up cash, I doubt it. For me this seems more like Soviet central plann

> sounds remarkably like corruption In the sense of external entities illegally hoovering up cash, I doubt it. For me this seems more like Soviet central planning, where real-world success is secondary to conformance to big ideas imposed from top personalities. It can work when the idea is correct, useful, and resonant with the people implementing it. But when the idea's off, political realities prevent honest feedback from rising up to the level where it can have an effect, so everybody just goes through the motions and things slowly fall apart. A reality explained by the ancient bit of capitalist samizdat, "The Plan": https://web.mnstate.edu/alm/humor/ThePlan.htm https://web.mnstate.edu/alm/humor/ThePlan.htm