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I grew up in Mao's planned economy, where the govt not only controlled prices but also rationed supplies. Everything was rationed, from food, to cloth for clothing (no ready-to-wear clothes) to toothpaste. Whatever wasn’t rationed was always in short supply. One summer my mother used my share of the cloth coupon and bought enough cloth to make two tops and shorts for me. At the end of the summer, someone asked me why I never changed clothes. I then realized that was because I wore the two identical sets for the whole time. Occasionally, the free market would make a brief appearance. In certain parts of my city, peasants would sell fresh vegetables that always looked far better than anything in govt stores. I’ll never forget the day I was trying to buy some vegetables when the "market police" suddenly showed up. People fled in all directions, leaving scattered vegetables all over the ground. It was illegal for peasants to sell and for consumers to buy. This is the future that Commie-la wants to "forward" us toward! Old grain ration coupons I have kept👇