Message from @meratrix

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2018-04-22 14:16:47 UTC  

why did eastern bloc countries grow faster than comparable capitalist countries

2018-04-22 14:16:59 UTC  

on average

2018-04-22 14:17:08 UTC  

How can you possibly look at this table and come to the conclusion that socialism is better?

2018-04-22 14:17:18 UTC  

I actually just popped in to ask a really dumb question, but yeah... socialism seems to never help the poor, the working poor or the working class.

2018-04-22 14:17:24 UTC  

it usually does

2018-04-22 14:17:34 UTC  

how so?

2018-04-22 14:17:34 UTC  

Russia asked the US to come over and analyze what went wrong with their economy after the USSR fell, and it was found that they were operating something like at half the economic strength.

2018-04-22 14:17:40 UTC  

Eastern block countries grow faster because they have more room to grow

2018-04-22 14:17:44 UTC  

source mera

2018-04-22 14:17:56 UTC  

And you can hardly consider them to be socialism anyway

2018-04-22 14:17:56 UTC  

i've heard sargon say that shit multiple times and he has never provided a source

2018-04-22 14:18:04 UTC  

baraban that makes no sense

2018-04-22 14:18:14 UTC  

That makes perfect sense

2018-04-22 14:18:17 UTC  

why would they have more room to grow compared to countries that had the same gdp per capita on average

2018-04-22 14:18:43 UTC  

History and countries are a pretty good source... go sell socialism to Venezauila.

2018-04-22 14:18:50 UTC  

venezuela isn't socialist

2018-04-22 14:19:03 UTC  

Because they aren't as advence, but they are catching up

2018-04-22 14:19:10 UTC  

what's your dumb question

2018-04-22 14:19:13 UTC  

how are they not as advanced baraban

2018-04-22 14:19:20 UTC  

where's your source that the eastern bloc was more prosperous than western europe?

2018-04-22 14:19:37 UTC  

👀👀

2018-04-22 14:19:41 UTC  

i'm talking about comparing eastern bloc countries to a selection of capitalist countries that fell within the eastern bloc's gdp per capita range in 1950

2018-04-22 14:20:05 UTC  

They are obviously less advanced

2018-04-22 14:20:17 UTC  

And the gap was bigger

2018-04-22 14:20:40 UTC  

they weren't less advanced they were the same

2018-04-22 14:20:44 UTC  

but eastern bloc countries grew faster

2018-04-22 14:20:47 UTC  

I"ve walked in a bit late, what exactly are you refering to? I Just wanted to ask a dumb question.

2018-04-22 14:20:48 UTC  

No they weren't

2018-04-22 14:21:01 UTC  

notice all the stuff in that document that got better as the soviet union reformed and edged closer and closer to capitalism.

2018-04-22 14:21:01 UTC  

whats your dumb question tho

2018-04-22 14:21:02 UTC  

So ask @Kalisme

2018-04-22 14:21:10 UTC  

commies are boring

2018-04-22 14:21:21 UTC  

ive seen them have this talk like 3 times already

2018-04-22 14:21:31 UTC  

If they grew faster and they were always as advanced why aren't they better by now?

2018-04-22 14:21:32 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/372507611284766722/437618967205642240/unknown.png

2018-04-22 14:21:46 UTC  

they did become better baraban

2018-04-22 14:21:56 UTC  

No

2018-04-22 14:21:59 UTC  

0_o

2018-04-22 14:22:07 UTC  

They obviously didn't

2018-04-22 14:22:18 UTC  

i mean the data directly contradicts you