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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (532750)11/25/2009 4:53:36 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1577787
 
And we can't exclude the harm directly done by the process and the transition. If it was done by someone less extreme than Stalin, the harm would have been less, probably much less, but it still would have been great.

I was making several points. First of all, contrary to what you posted, Stalin WAS in charge. He was a brutal dictator who cared little about human life. Everything he did led to great deal of deaths.

Secondly, the collectivization of Soviet farms was not done well. It was rushed and poorly orchestrated. The peasants who were 'collectivized' were paid poorly for their efforts. Would there have been a better outcome had it been done right? Probably.

Thirdly, one of the things that plagued the Soviet oligarchy in every major industrial/production group was inherent corruption, lack of innovation and no ongoing maintenance of equipment. That was as true for the agricultural sector. Had equipment been maintained properly; had innovative farm techniques used; had their been less corruption......would agricultural production been much better? Probably.

I am not a proponent of collectivization......we're not their yet. But some day we will have to be there because capitalism is such an inefficient mgmt and user of resources.
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