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Re:What is ‘elite overproduction’? by varjag on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:30AM (#28244266)
Contemporary USSR had 8%. That clearly explains why it hand't made it to the Moon!
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Re:What is ‘elite overproduction’? by raxxorrax on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:40AM (#28244322)
If you factor in availability of resources, it is nothing short of amazing what the USSR achieved and how long they could stand up to the US. They probably would have put someone on the moon too, but that wasn't too important after the US was first.
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Re:What is ‘elite overproduction’? by hollerith on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:16PM (#28248612)
The USSR achieved what it did at tremendous personal cost to its citizen. (Imperial Russia was basically just as harsh.)
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