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Tl;dr A bunch of politicans with geopolitical goals made central policy on how to direct a bankrupt nation in turmoil. A nation which has existed in perpetual c
by johngalt 15y ago
Tl;dr A bunch of politicans with geopolitical goals made central policy on how to direct a bankrupt nation in turmoil. A nation which has existed in perpetual corruption under collectivism. Yet this is described as a failure of privatization?
I can't wait for the day Russia isn't under corrupt leadership. The natural and human resources there are vast and untapped. To think what the world would be like if they had followed Adam Smith instead of Marx.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoCorruption wasn't a killing problem for USSR. Inefficiency was. There wasn't much to be stolen. There wasn't much to be earned either; hence the inefficiency and the lack of determination.