As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.
As a queer person (agender) with a conservative dad, I don’t get why he says he wants to go back to the 1950s. What was so special back then besides his reasoning that times were simpler? I feel like it would be harder for me then as a queer person.
This is nonsense, again.
The Soviet economy worked very well, and was one of the fastest growing economies of the 20th century. The difference between the wealthiest and the poorest was about 5 times, compared to hundreds to thousands in capitalist countries (and even more).
The PRC has a Socialist Market Economy, the large firms and key industries are state owned and planned. They are pragmatic and learned, which is why they maintained socialism.
Yes, the PRC is proof that socialism works astoundingly well.
Again, you return to vibes-based nonsense. The Soviet Union was more democratic than capitalist countries, and the PRC is as well.
Haha my family emigrated from Russia in the 90s, don’t tell me about the real life in the Soviet Union.
The difference between wealthiest and poorest was surely much smaller, but the living standard overall was also much lower. My grandpa telling stories how he had to stay in line in the hope to get some sausage for the family, or about the underground black markets where people illegally were exchanging western goods that simply did not exist in the Soviet Union. The misplanned and falsely reported production, factory owners faking their numbers to appear like they satisfy quota. My grand-grandpa barely not being sent to a Gulag because we’re an ethnic minority, even though he was a WWII war hero. Having to use connections and swaps to organize having an independent apartment for your adult children and their partners. Having to engage in everyday bribing of officials to get some paperwork ready not in months but weeks, because that’s the only way to get things done there.
Is this more than vibe to you? You are not exactly quoting academic literature either.
I have heard enough stories to know that this is not a system I could see or want myself existing in and I’m happy I grew up in central Europe.
The PRC is doing its own thing. You can call it socialist market, but this term I have never heard before, the usual term is state capitalism. What we can agree on is that they are doing pretty well at the moment.