Alternately, one could be looking at their extensive capitalist black markets. Those may have provided an important function without which they would have failed(/ will fail) much quicker. Just because someone says it wasn’t pure communist doesn’t mean that they thought that pure communist would have worked.
Alternately, one could be looking at their extensive capitalist black markets. Those may have provided an important function without which they would have failed(/ will fail) much quicker. Just because someone says it wasn’t pure communist doesn’t mean that they thought that pure communist would have worked.
Everything you said is very very plausible, but it doesn’t make Eugine’s comment responsive to Punoxysm
I was agreeing with you on the point that Eugene’s comment wasn’t responsive, though for different reasons. Not every reply is a perfect rebuttal.