Comment by stocksinsmocks
1 day ago
I’m pretty sure the USSR, Cuba, and the like never succeeded doing this sort of thing, but maybe if we hit ourselves in the head with the same hammer (and sickle) just one more time it will work?
1 day ago
I’m pretty sure the USSR, Cuba, and the like never succeeded doing this sort of thing, but maybe if we hit ourselves in the head with the same hammer (and sickle) just one more time it will work?
The capitalist west seems fully happy buying slop and crap as long as it is cheap... Nearly no one demands quality anymore.
Quality isn't really an option anymore, because expensive no longer means quality, it means expensive-looking crap.
If it's all crap anyway, why pay more?
Absolutely. In areas where there are known quality options, people are clearly willing to pay more. Toyota for instance is a solid example of this.
Automobiles are large, expensive purchases with a relatively small set of options though... For most purchases, it's impossible to determine quality ahead of time.
You don’t need communism to do this. You need a strong culture where elites care for their people. Elites willingly working to enrich their people.
Our current parasitic elites are just enriching themselves. Arguing about economic systems is pointless if the ruling class hates the common people.
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