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Our current economic model is also very planned, just not by and for the right people and reasons. The five-year plans were to bring a backward feudal country
by kungfooguru 13y ago
Our current economic model is also very planned, just not by and for the right people and reasons.
The five-year plans were to bring a backward feudal country into the 20th century. That isn't to legitimize the abuses any more than it is legitimize the abuses the US and other countries (slavery and other labor abuses) committed to advance themselves to the level they are at.
- mercurial 13y agoIf you mean that special interests influence government policy, I'll be forced to agree with you. However, this is widely different from what is commonly understood as a "planned economy". Nobody sits down and decides of the economic output necessary.