Message from @Tristan-Jyrki
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I agree with the fact that Cuba is definitely too authorian on that matter, but my point was a public option doesn't have to mean bad maintainance
and yet it always does
Not really though. Cubas boycott means they can't really prioritise anything, so I'm saying with a budget
it wouldn't be a problem
Not to mention Soviet Unions budget focused on war
yeah and plus with them being a socialist government, their public spending was catastrophic and that coupled with their insanely high military budget it caused the USSR to collapse
and thats what happens in socialist countries
And in the US
runaway public spending and debt based economies are unsustainable by nature
yes
I wouldn't exactly say USA is an amazing capitalist country
take a look at this; http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35073966
The reason why USSR had to focus on military was mostly due to ww2 and getting threats from everywhere
yeah it was a clash for global hegemony
which they ultimately lost because their ideology and economy was unsustainable
much the same can be said for the west, just we had a far more robust system in place
Which they mostly lost due to imperialism
one that actually incentivized people to work instead of having to coerce them
which is why no western nation has ever had to build walls to stop people from leaving
imperialism is the nature of civilization itself
its its natural conclusion
Imperialism is the nature of capitalism
power begets more power
Not civilisation
but the USSR was imperialist
in every way the USA was
You had primitive civilisations
without a state
do you mean neolithic civilizations?
because even the earliest civilizations were states in a sense
in that people worked under one banner
>state just means people rule under a collective being
No.
but my point is the USSR was also imperialist
yeah it does though
no it doesn't
you have people working with leadership and a collective identity
thats basically a state
humans are herd mammals