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After Russia reverts to centrally planned and state driven economy, all of a sudden economic growth in Russia is beating the west. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (1 children)

During the first world war imperialist countries used a centrally planned economy, while still remaining bourgeois dictatorships.

This is not a dunk on capitalism, only yet another proof that "free market" is objectively utter bullshit because even capitalists know

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

is russia a centrally planned, mobilized economy right now? this isn't rhetorical

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

I don't have enough knowledge to answer, I'm just saying that it's not unrealistic when looking back at History