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0 pointsmiketery26d ago0 comments

Yeah it was so successful that people would line up around the block for bananas the one time a year. Or when boots came into the store you'd pick up whatever size you could, as you'd trade later.

(true stories)

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ceejayoz26d ago

Again:

> The USSR has tried this. Lets not.

would rule out things like "going to the moon" or "building roads". It's a pretty useless rubric.

I am not doubting the USSR fucked all sorts of things up. I'm doubting that that inherently means those things must be impossible.

miketeryOP26d ago

Updated - since my text was confusing. The subject at hand is subsidized grocery stores, the USSR is an example of failed centrally planned subsidized grocery stores.

ceejayoz26d ago

The text isn't confusing; the conclusion you draw is just unsupported.

The USSR is an example of many failed things. That they failed at those things does not mean those things cannot be done.

miketeryOP26d ago

If it wasn't confusing what made you bring up the space program and fixing roads?

I was offering a tangible example of where the thing being proposed was a failure.

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ceejayoz26d ago

Again:

> The USSR has tried this. Lets not.

would rule out things like "going to the moon" or "building roads". It's a pretty useless rubric.

I am not doubting the USSR fucked all sorts of things up. I'm doubting that that inherently means those things must be impossible.

miketeryOP26d ago

Updated - since my text was confusing. The subject at hand is subsidized grocery stores, the USSR is an example of failed centrally planned subsidized grocery stores.

ceejayoz26d ago

The text isn't confusing; the conclusion you draw is just unsupported.

The USSR is an example of many failed things. That they failed at those things does not mean those things cannot be done.

miketeryOP26d ago

If it wasn't confusing what made you bring up the space program and fixing roads?

I was offering a tangible example of where the thing being proposed was a failure.

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