Such things never happen in America of coursehttps://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1390131708276756480 …
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This was a fellow who had been in the USSR on and off since I think at least the late-60s. He'd also been in the USA during the gasoline shortages and malaise of the 70s. He seemed to think what he saw in the USSR was meaningfully different.
I do not think the brief disruptions of the last year would have changed his mind. Certainly there is a difference between shortages in a pandemic and shortages during a time of peace and health.
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Sorry if I am a bit touchy here, but Twitter felt the need to remind me that there are really still tankies out there who think the USSR was a great idea, mass murder and all, which has left a desire to make sure the record is clear that Soviet communism didn't work very well.
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I appreciate the response, actually. Personally I don't actually think the USSR was either good or efficient, but I'm also not particularly inclined to confidence in the American system; both seem to be failures in different ways.
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