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Both of you are missing the point. Soviets didn't have one sort of butter in the way west had its 20. You couldn't go to the store and buy however much of that
by somethingreen 4y ago
Both of you are missing the point. Soviets didn't have one sort of butter in the way west had its 20. You couldn't go to the store and buy however much of that shitty butter you needed when you needed it. You had to catch it when it's there and get in line before it runs out, or know someone who'd tip you off, or know someone who'd sell you from the back door. And then somewhere else (not where it was produced) they'd be dumping excess butter into the ditch because it went bad.
It really isn't something you want to find middle ground with. That's like looking for middle ground between wearing nail polish and having a gangrene.
- gnarbarian 4y agoI'm saying that market economies work best when there is real competition AND demand for products that provide better lifetime value and utility. Corporate media drives culture towards positions that benefit it rather than society. The demand part is cultural. Lowering barriers to entry to enable more competition is political. Both are needed to change course for the west.
- somethingreen 4y agoI don't disagree with what you are saying, I just find it funny that this discussion is happening in context of soviet planned economy, which had no market to speak of, no competition, complete politically moderated indirection between demand and production, and entrepreneurship being outlawed thus no concept of market entry.