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Originally Posted by elphenor
Chomsky has made nearly the exact same argument
although he points out that all developed nations used central planning and not the "free market" to become rich
Wolff points out he doesn't support Soviet or Chinese brands of socialism
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um I don't think it's true that all developed nations used central planning to get rich.... The soviets did yes and the central planning they used was to steal food out of the mouths of peasants to buy and import industrial machinery from western europe. That's hardly some sort of impressive economic innovation... It's about as innovative as robbing a bank.
The fact that he continues to point to this as a counter point to the idea that "socialism hasn't worked" while also not mentioning the genocidal nature of these policies is clearly intellectual dishonesty and snake oil salesman tactics. The fact that he throws in a disclaimer that he "doesn't support" the soviet model doesn't at all resolve the clearly dishonest nature of this talking point.