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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

One point in time does not constitute a robust conclusion. Consider any time before and how collectivism did yield considerable agriculture gains for the USSR. Like do we really think they fought WW2 with the same or less agricultural efficiency they had before their revolution?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This.

"A fledgling Nation failed after the most powerful nations on earth collectively conspired to hold it back and ideally topple it so every similar nation most also fail." And these people were paranoid for some reason, could you imagine?