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Re:A Lego Model of Capitalist Central Planning by rqtwteye on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @07:50AM (#41299123)
I spent some time in East Germany when the wall was still up and often think that a corporation is run like a communist planned economy. 5 year plans, lots of internal propaganda, rewards for following the plan, no tolerance for dissent, discouraging of innovation, clear split between leadership and the rest. It’s all there
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Re:A Lego Model of Capitalist Central Planning by geraldwhen on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @08:05AM (#41299238)
Access to basic goods are locked behind bureaucracy and often in shortage. “It will be 90 days before you can receive your laptop”.

Problems are deflected from one bureaucratic hell to another, with nothing ever getting solved. And the employees are gaslit into thinking everything is very good and normal.

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Re:A Lego Model of Capitalist Central Planning by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @09:02AM (#41299693)
It's all there, except the ability to leave. Leaving a corporation is easy. Leaving East Germany... not so much.
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Re:A Lego Model of Capitalist Central Planning by rqtwteye on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @10:57AM (#41300662)
That one is true.
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