all of the "improvement" is through industrialization, not some kind of market capitalism
the ussr centrally planned its industrialization after the revolution and in a matter of 4 decades, while also going through two world wars, managed to go from a agricultural society to a space exploring society. thats literally one single generation of russians being like "let's speed run this shit" and then fucking doing it while simultaneously pushing back one of the largest invasions in world history
all of the "improvement" is through industrialization, not some kind of market capitalism
the ussr centrally planned its industrialization after the revolution and in a matter of 4 decades, while also going through two world wars, managed to go from a agricultural society to a space exploring society. thats literally one single generation of russians being like "let's speed run this shit" and then fucking doing it while simultaneously pushing back one of the largest invasions in world history