[lbo-talk] The end of Stalinism was a good thing

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 10:00:33 PDT 2010


Matthias Wasser

Wasn't it growing faster than the US until the late 60s/early 70s? (Not a fair comparison, since the West was more developed, but...)

^^^^^^^ CB: And it grew faster than the capitalist West had when it first grew. And after the Nazis-destruction, they had to "start over" , almost. The Nazis didn't just kill people. They destroyed the economy.

So , the Soviet socialist republic , Stalinism even, was a very powerful development model. Just think if they hadn't had to fight off and defend against the biggest war attacks and war threats in the history of humanity.



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