FireKrakouer
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest.
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Would you prefer to live in China/Russia, or a western capitalist country?Up until the Chinese Communist Party embraced markets and unleashed the power of the CCP to build a different economy, the Soviet Union was the best example of rapid human and economic development the world had seen.
In fact from a starting point of complete de-industrialisation, the Soviet Union was able to quickly catch up and then lead the West in many scientific industries, causing a total panic in the West and precipitating huge state investment in science during the Cold War.
There are many criticisms you can make of communist states but insufficient innovation and progress isn't one of them. Modernity is at the core of socialism.