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The stuff: empty shelves.
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp85m00363r000601440024-5.pdf
The CIA itself said otherwise in 1983
There are a lot of good reasons to criticize socialists states like the USSR, namely the silencing of political dissent and gulags. But standard of living isn't one of those good reasons.
And Cuba provides a good modern model:
https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/cubasi/article/75/feeding-the-revolution
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/11/28/cubas-urban-farming-shows-way-to-avoid-hunger
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Cuba
Lol Cuba provides a good modern model, I'd laugh if it wasn't such a horrible regime. I guess you hate LGBT+ or you think it's okay to do so.
But I'm just taking in the wind here, bye Stalinists and other tankies, one day you'll get it.
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