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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by lucian1900 on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:22AM (#30114898)
You mean countries that started off much poorer than the US, yet the standard of living drastically improved during the socialist period? Then drastically dropped after 89, when the imperialists won the Cold War?

Just because poor countries become socialist doesn't mean socialism makes them poor. Consider that they were kept poor and socialism is the way out.

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by MadSudaca on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:15AM (#30116573)
Socialism makes countries poor. In countries with corrupt governments, poverty is reached markedly faster. If socialist countries don’t become totally destitute, it’s because they manage not to mess up capitalism completely.
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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by chasd00 on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:26PM (#30120577)
"If socialist countries don’t become totally destitute, it’s because they manage not to mess up capitalism completely."

or lucky enough to have a goose laying golden eggs. i.e. the North Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_oil

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