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In eastern europe (COMECON) during the cold war days, the factories were famous for cranking out products that claimed to do something but did not deliver on th
by ahazred8ta 1y ago
In eastern europe (COMECON) during the cold war days, the factories were famous for cranking out products that claimed to do something but did not deliver on the promise. Did they do that because they were run by capitalists?
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- AngryData 1y agoI find it hard to believe any claim that they weren't capitalists. Almost nothing in the USSR was operated or managed by worker collectives. Nor in China. A handful of people managed the capital of these businesses and profited off them, and the people who own, operate, and profit off of capital investments are capitalists, even if they slap a PR sign up claiming they aren't.
- earnestinger 1y agoTechnically you are wrong. The best kind of wrong.
- ahazred8ta 1y agoThat's why I specified the eastern european countries where many of the factories actually were controlled by the unions. They themselves acknowledged that they were fudging their numbers on a regular basis to get undeserved bonus money for workers.
- throw10920 1y agoThank you for pointing out that this has nothing to do with capitalism. Humans are dishonest, and implying that that doesn't manifest in other economic systems is willfully and maliciously false, a statement only used by propagandists.
- immibis 1y agoWe are talking about capitalism because we live in capitalism and are observing problems with capitalism. We are not currently living in the USSR.