I’m confused
So far, I’ve heard that accumulation, technological advancement, and thus concentration of capital from the previous capitalist economy would leave its print on the later modern socialist economies
But other than that, I’ve realized I’ve never looked much into what distinguishes AES’s economic management, mainly of state-owned enterprises, from capitalist economy’s management, in concrete policy
I can understand co-operatives, but such orgs don’t necessarily make up socialism, as you guys would say
to Libs
If you gimme a deeply unserious answer, I will fuck your father
If you’re interested in a straightforward English language account of life in the GDR, I recommend “A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee” by Victor Grossmann, who defected by way of crossing into Soviet occupied Austria.
He addresses the perks (price fixed goods (at least staples), cheap public transport, the position of and benefits to the worker) and what could be considered drawbacks by western readers (Stasi, press freedom, limited travel opportunities, industriality of the region) in a fairly evenhanded manner. It’s been years since I’ve read this so I might be a bit off base.
A good companion piece is “Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?” for a more analytical “overview” rather than the perspective of one man.
Both of these works deal with the end of the GDR and it’s bleak.