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> since most communist countries do very poorly economically. It’s almost as though being brutally sanctioned by a superpower makes it nearly impossible to suc
by alsetmusic 2y ago
> since most communist countries do very poorly economically.
It’s almost as though being brutally sanctioned by a superpower makes it nearly impossible to succeed. Do you not see the irony of your statement?
- ekianjo 2y agoYou don't seem to be aware that Cuba actually trades with many countries, including the US, and this for a long time. https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Trade https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba/Trade
- kgwgk 2y agoWas the USSR brutally sanctioned by a superpower? It was a superpower itself - it was supposed to be even more of a superpower! "In the 1961 edition of his famous textbook of economic principles, Paul Samuelson wrote that GNP in the Soviet Union was about half that in the United States but the Soviet Union was growing faster. As a result, one could comfortably forecast that Soviet GNP would exceed that of the United States by as early as 1984 or perhaps by as late as 1997 and in any event Soviet GNP would greatly catch-up to U.S. GNP." https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/soviet-growth-american-textbooks.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/so...