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Soviet Union VS Every Developed Capitalist Country, This is for those who say that Socialism was a failure (lemmy.ml)
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source https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-per-capita-maddison-2020?stackMode=relative&time=1920..1985&country=AUS%7EAUT%7EBEL%7ECAN%7EDNK%7EFIN%7EFRA%7EDEU%7EGRC%7EHKG%7EISL%7EIRL%7EISR%7EITA%7EJPN%7ELUX%7ENLD%7ENZL%7ENOR%7EPRT%7ESGP%7EESP%7ESWE%7ECHE%7ETWN%7EOWID_USS%7EGBR%7EUSA

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's a good point. The USSR was most definitely at a disadvantage compared to the other countries at the time due to circumstances outside its control.

I'm not sure why you think USSR having lower GDP than western nations is some kind of a gotcha here

I'm just not sure I'd consider economic growth to be the most important factor when the overall GDP was lower than other countries. Maybe its economy could have far surpassed the capitalist countries given time, or maybe it would have stagnated at a much lower point - there's no way to know. Which is why I don't think this graph proves very much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Having lower GDP is a direct result of USSR starting at a disadvantaged position. What the graph proves is that the system consistently outperformed western alternatives in the progress it was making.