- Joined
- Feb 13, 2017
The Soviet Union is, perhaps, the largest repository of resources and mineral deposits in the world. There are untold riches that were never even explored, much less exploited, by the commies.
As for boycotts, well, America sold the USSR massive quantities of grain because communist farming policy was shit and led to failed crop after failed crop. Any regime so incapable of feeding its own population has no legitimacy. Especially given the vast amount of land area that's absolutely perfect for cultivation.
The USSR had all of the necessary prerequisites for a successful society. Land, exploitable resource wealth, an increasingly educated populace. And they fucked up continually because command economies are all about continually fucking up.
As for boycotts, well, America sold the USSR massive quantities of grain because communist farming policy was shit and led to failed crop after failed crop. Any regime so incapable of feeding its own population has no legitimacy. Especially given the vast amount of land area that's absolutely perfect for cultivation.
The USSR had all of the necessary prerequisites for a successful society. Land, exploitable resource wealth, an increasingly educated populace. And they fucked up continually because command economies are all about continually fucking up.