here we have a unique case of a maoist calling cuba a "banana republic" of the soviet union because it received aid from it

  • 707R [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Making every country 100% self-sufficient -- I'm thinking particularly all the little clusters of European countries -- is a big detriment to efficiency since they have to duplicate labour and means of production for more industries. Especially if you're competing with capitalist powers that do this a lot. There's no real good solution to this, especially while capitalism is still a global power.