[lbo-talk] The SMB in a socialist economy?

[Charles Brown]

Chris Doss 
Private farmers in the USSR were not slaving for others; they were slaving for themselves. They would grow produce on their plot and take it to the city and sell it on the street, for a profit. Eg Georgians would fly to Moscow with suitcases full of fruit and come back with suitcases full of cash. 

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CB: That's consistent with the principle of 
socialism which is from each according
to ability, to each according to work.
It's not exploiting surplus labor and 
value from others, so "profit" is an
inexact usage here. Profit is based
on exploiting surpluses from 
other people's labor.