Thank you Venezuela

[Dinner]

Seems as good a place as any to post. Entire world economy collapses in a bout of hyperinflation. Won't someone think of poor Tristam.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-0...hyperinflation

Ahh, zeroheadge. The blog for the ignorant and truly bat****. I'm some how not surprised to see you rely upon it for your information. That actually explains a lot.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Zero_Hedge

[Fake Boris]

There's a world of difference between attempts to blunt the impact of slowdowns on individuals and society (a good thing) and attempts to centrally plan production and consumption across the board (a bad thing).

Technically speaking, perfect (1) can only be a result of a perfect (2).

[notyoueither]

No, not at all.

[Hauldren Collider]

It's about the only time the standard of living in the Soviet Union came close to that in the West, so yeah it's a pretty good reminder.

"close to"

Still not as high.

[Fake Boris]

No, not at all.

Rethink that...

The only perfect way to alleviate the adverse effects of cycles is to eliminate them.

Anything else would be a partial solution.

[Ben Kenobi]

What is it about French people and an aversion to toilet paper? Most of us like the system that says we can just drive down to the store and buy it.

[Dinner]

"close to"

Still not as high.

Actually, in the 1930's there were a ton of Americans writing about how Soviet living standards were better than American ones due to the depression. I'm not a fan of communism but let's be historically correct. Yes, they didn't have the wealthy part of society (except for high level party officials or military officials) but the average was pretty good compared to say 1932 America for most people. Now, as soon as the depression ended it was clear that communism wasn't going to deliver the big improvements capitalism did but for that period, yes, I'd say a whole lot of people in the USSR were better off than a huge amount of people in the US. They at least had jobs, food, a roof over their head, etc...

[giblets]

Actually, in the 1930's there were a ton of Americans writing about how Soviet living standards were better than American ones due to the depression.

They had no clue what they were talking about. There have always been retards.

[Felch]

Rethink that...

The only perfect way to alleviate the adverse effects of cycles is to eliminate them.

Anything else would be a partial solution.

You're absolutely right. The starving peasants of the Soviet Union never had to deal with the awful effects of economic prosperity. Instead of cycles, they just lived lives of constant misery and poverty.

[Felch]

Actually, in the 1930's there were a ton of Americans writing about how Soviet living standards were better than American ones due to the depression. I'm not a fan of communism but let's be historically correct. Yes, they didn't have the wealthy part of society (except for high level party officials or military officials) but the average was pretty good compared to say 1932 America for most people. Now, as soon as the depression ended it was clear that communism wasn't going to deliver the big improvements capitalism did but for that period, yes, I'd say a whole lot of people in the USSR were better off than a huge amount of people in the US. They at least had jobs, food, a roof over their head, etc...

Millions of Soviets died of government induced famine during the 1930s.

[Fake Boris]

You're absolutely right. The starving peasants of the Soviet Union never had to deal with the awful effects of economic prosperity. Instead of cycles, they just lived lives of constant misery and poverty.

What makes you think that I'm boasting Soviet planning as the best possible planning?



What the Soviet experience showed is that a possible merit of socialism is that cycles can be offset by planning.

[Fake Boris]

You're absolutely right. The starving peasants of the Soviet Union never had to deal with the awful effects of economic prosperity. Instead of cycles, they just lived lives of constant misery and poverty.

What makes you think that I'm boasting Soviet planning as the best possible planning?



What the Soviet experience showed is that a possible merit of socialism is that cycles can be offset by planning.

[giblets]

Plus, no obesity "epidemic".

[Sir Og]

What makes you think that I'm boasting Soviet planning as the best possible planning?



What the Soviet experience showed is that a possible merit of socialism is that cycles can be offset by planning.

There were plenty of cycles in the planned economies. Like a cycle with a shortage of toothpaste, a cycle of shortage of toilette paper, etc.

[notyoueither]

Rethink that...

The only perfect way to alleviate the adverse effects of cycles is to eliminate them.

Anything else would be a partial solution.

I think you are excluding a whole lot of other ways to achieve the goal of a better life for everyone in a society.

Your perfect is a bucket of crabs.