The New Economic Policy was always, explicitly, a temporary setback caused by the utter destruction of the country by the civil war. It lasted a whopping 8 years, from 1921 to 1929, and as soon as it was abolished, industrial growth skyrocketed to previously unimaginable figures of 10-15% per year, uplifting hundreds of millions from destitute poverty and doubling life expectancy in 30 years. The USSR’s industrial revolution was literally founded on economic planning, the polar opposite of capitalist markets. What’s your point?
I have no idea why you’re being so hostile or pedantic. My point was that socialist countries can use capitalism as a tool when it’s suborned to the state. You conceded my point. What’s YOUR point?
My point is “capitalism subordinated to the state like the USSR” is an extremely misleading claim, and it’s often used by anticommunists who make uninformed accusations of “USSR was state capitalism so it was the same as capitalism” without knowledge of the topic. If that’s not the claim you’re making, I apologize
The New Economic Policy was always, explicitly, a temporary setback caused by the utter destruction of the country by the civil war. It lasted a whopping 8 years, from 1921 to 1929, and as soon as it was abolished, industrial growth skyrocketed to previously unimaginable figures of 10-15% per year, uplifting hundreds of millions from destitute poverty and doubling life expectancy in 30 years. The USSR’s industrial revolution was literally founded on economic planning, the polar opposite of capitalist markets. What’s your point?
I have no idea why you’re being so hostile or pedantic. My point was that socialist countries can use capitalism as a tool when it’s suborned to the state. You conceded my point. What’s YOUR point?
My point is “capitalism subordinated to the state like the USSR” is an extremely misleading claim, and it’s often used by anticommunists who make uninformed accusations of “USSR was state capitalism so it was the same as capitalism” without knowledge of the topic. If that’s not the claim you’re making, I apologize