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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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[–] [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.