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by: *Ördög* - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 00:41 UTC

Cold War era propaganda is the least useful method for analysing
successes and failures of differing econopolitical systems and ideologies.
Lets take a step back from the super power's contest propaganda and look
at socialism's implementations attempts in past more rationally.

*Ask Prof Wolff: Socialism's Biggest Failures*
/ Democracy At Work /
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkdLsb7oxc >
{ Video length 9min 07 sec}

"A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Could you provide an analysis on the
failures of the more prominent socialist societies in recent history and
the contributing factors to these failures, real or perceived?"
This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response."
~~

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Ördög

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by: Rod Speed - Sat, 4 Sep 2021 03:15 UTC

*Ördög* <Belphegor@666.Hell.invalid.com> wrote

> Cold War era propaganda is the least useful method for analysing
> successes and failures of differing econopolitical systems and ideologies.
> Lets take a step back from the super power's contest propaganda and look
> at socialism's implementations attempts in past more rationally.

> *Ask Prof Wolff: Socialism's Biggest Failures*
> / Democracy At Work /
> < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkdLsb7oxc >
> { Video length 9min 07 sec}

Its just plain wrong in some areas. Socialism isn't just a recent thing,
its been around for millennia with monasteries and stuff like that.

And socialism isn't about transforming the workplace either

> "A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Could you provide an analysis on the
> failures of the more prominent socialist societies in recent history and
> the contributing factors to these failures, real or perceived?"
> This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response."
> ~~
>
> --
> Ördög

Subject	Author
Cold War legacy ... 'one bound to be better than the other' ...	Ördög
Cold War legacy ... 'one bound to be better than the other' ... really ... is it	Rod Speed