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If you can't explain why it did not work in the past, and can't explain how & why things will be different this time, you don't have a plan. History is a harsh
by david-gpu 8mo ago
If you can't explain why it did not work in the past, and can't explain how & why things will be different this time, you don't have a plan. History is a harsh mistress.
- mediumsmart 8mo agoIt works, but you need real human staff. And we learn from history that we don’t learn which can be harsh.
- jibal 8mo agoCommunism worked in China, for some definition of "worked". Stalinism eventually failed in the USSR and elsewhere. An extensive literature explains these things, as well as explaining different forms and varieties of "communism", and things that people call "communism" but aren't.
- david-gpu 8mo agoCommunism worked so well in China that as soon as they adopted something resembling free markets in some regions, thanks to Deng Xiaoping, their GDP per capita rose amazingly fast for 3~4 decades. Not exactly a stellar example.
- jibal 8mo agoChina is still communist. Again communism has worked for some definition of "worked". This is an objective statement, not an endorsement of Chinese communism.