I’ll start by saying that I would say “Yyyyeah, and one of the first cellphones and also the very first 0G telephone service (Altai) was made in the Soviet Union under socialism, go figure”. What would you say?

  • Joe@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I would just point out that you still need to buy things under socialism, and prob communism at that. Shops still exist in Communist countries.

    The main difference is the level of choice one gets, and that it’s likely not sold just for the sake of it, but because people actually need it.

    • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      12 hours ago

      I mean that is true, you still have to buy stuff under socialism and communism - I think that under market socialism, prices will have to be controlled. This is where a planned market economy comes in.