You have to distinguish here between the early and late USSR. The early USSR had a lot of Storming the Heavens Sturm und Drang. Later they didn't really give a fuck. ;)
--- On Sat, 4/4/09, Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Angela-a-Day
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> Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 2:37 PM
> Nor does Cuba have a high level of
> labor discipline either. Yet, we could say that both
> countries sought to improve labor productivity, in the
> absence of the same level of economic incentives which
> characterize capitalist countries. Trotsky is a well known
> example in this regard - voicing the need for socialist
> trade unions to be conveyors belts of state policy and
> instruments of labor compulsion when in power, and becoming
> a critic of authoritarian socialism in exile. Socialists on
> the margins of capitalist society are rather free wheeling
> when it comes to labor issues (let's introduce a 20 hour
> work week, abolish all labor divisions and pay
> differentials), in power they're either Stakhanovites or
> free market reformers.
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