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Except the former Soviet Union countries were not collective societies. There were rich, powerful people and there were poor, powerless people. Instead of dol
by nugget 12y ago
Except the former Soviet Union countries were not collective societies. There were rich, powerful people and there were poor, powerless people. Instead of dollars (as in the US), the currency was political power and influence which then led to a nicer car and a nicer apartment. Collectivism was just the narrative that kept the 99% from revolting - for awhile.
- paletoy 12y agoWell, of course nothing is perfect. But according to [1] The ussr in 1980 has a similar gini coefficent(which measures inequality) to modern day finland[2]. That seems pretty good. [1]www.roiw.org/1993/23.pdf [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equ...