Santiago Lema :amiga: on Nostr: I think this here sums up how it ended badly in the USSR. An absurd level of control ...

I think this here sums up how it ended badly in the USSR. An absurd level of control to prevent exploitation. Probably sincere at some point.
https://www.quora.com/Did-private-businesses-exist-in-the-Soviet-Union

The thing is communism only managed to (try to) take root in the places that were utterly ravaged by colonialism / empires & capitalism. Russia, China, Cuba, etc. so I can understand their fear that letting even one ounce of private entrepreneurship exist could progressively lead back to serfdom .