The USSR existed pre-globalisation of the modes of production. Globalisation was the neoliberal strategy to prevent another USSR from ever happening again, its aim was to force countries to take part in globalised trade (and thus markets) if they were going to have all the resources they required in order to produce everything they need for development. Pre-globalisation of these modes all countries had significant farming and manufacturing bases that allowed them to usually only trade with 4 or 5 local partners in order to get all the things they need. Now just to build a vehicle, you need parts and resources from a dozen different countries. Even if you DID have the ability to do it all yourself you're going to be at higher cost than the globalised countries and thus your development will be slower than theirs, this essentially guarantees they will always be ahead.
This is why every single country with AES today currently includes markets. Whether it's Cuba, Vietnam, China, Laos, or the upcoming socialism of Venezuela(and hopefully Bolivia if they get back on track). All will include markets out of complete and total necessity.
We live in a different world now. It has been reconstructed with new material conditions that are not the same as when the USSR existed. The capitalists went to great lengths to create a new system that makes it MUCH harder for socialists to succeed.
Understanding this is essential to understanding the strategy of modern socialist countries and why they all differ to the strategy the USSR was able to take. We now live in an incredibly different world.
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The USSR existed pre-globalisation of the modes of production. Globalisation was the neoliberal strategy to prevent another USSR from ever happening again, its aim was to force countries to take part in globalised trade (and thus markets) if they were going to have all the resources they required in order to produce everything they need for development. Pre-globalisation of these modes all countries had significant farming and manufacturing bases that allowed them to usually only trade with 4 or 5 local partners in order to get all the things they need. Now just to build a vehicle, you need parts and resources from a dozen different countries. Even if you DID have the ability to do it all yourself you're going to be at higher cost than the globalised countries and thus your development will be slower than theirs, this essentially guarantees they will always be ahead.
This is why every single country with AES today currently includes markets. Whether it's Cuba, Vietnam, China, Laos, or the upcoming socialism of Venezuela(and hopefully Bolivia if they get back on track). All will include markets out of complete and total necessity.
We live in a different world now. It has been reconstructed with new material conditions that are not the same as when the USSR existed. The capitalists went to great lengths to create a new system that makes it MUCH harder for socialists to succeed.
Understanding this is essential to understanding the strategy of modern socialist countries and why they all differ to the strategy the USSR was able to take. We now live in an incredibly different world.
evidently it wasnt huh?