343 “When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people,” Boris Yeltsin - visiting USA grocery store before leaving Communism (blog.chron.com) posted 291 days ago by indigo_truther 291 days ago by indigo_truther +343 / -0 10 comments share 10 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (10) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 11 ▼ – RedFoxOnFire 11 points 290 days ago +11 / -0 There's this great story about how when the USSR broke up they called the U.S. to figure out who and how we distributed our bread. They were shocked to find out the answer was "No one." https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/soviet-union-command-economy-broke-apart-official-new-russian-government-called-official-a-q14032973 They couldn't figure how how wheat was grown and turned into bread without the government telling people what to do. permalink save report block reply ▲ 6 ▼ – linereddit 6 points 290 days ago +6 / -0 Paging AOC... Blank, empty silence. permalink parent save report block reply
There's this great story about how when the USSR broke up they called the U.S. to figure out who and how we distributed our bread.
They were shocked to find out the answer was "No one."
https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/soviet-union-command-economy-broke-apart-official-new-russian-government-called-official-a-q14032973
They couldn't figure how how wheat was grown and turned into bread without the government telling people what to do.
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