@Teh_Jkr@jimthegiant They are not. Most goods have gone down throughout the years. Only housing, which is obviously plagued by low construction due to zoning and regulations.
@Teh_Jkr@jimthegiant Or to inovate. If the factory had guaranteed customers, why would they make processes more efficient? Eastern block was scientifically advanced and had the technology, they just weren’t able (motivated) to implement it like in the west, where the stagnating firms got outcompeted
@Teh_Jkr@jimthegiant Because fir centralised autority, it is very hard to create the right amount of gods and to effectively distribute them. That’s why there were shortages in eastern block. And as the state outlawed competition, there weren’t any incentives for anything to get better.
@Teh_Jkr@jimthegiant When state (saying it represents workers) control the means of production.
It is bad thing, because the state is inefficient at distributing resources. And because it has monopoly, there is usually little motivation to change inefficient processes. I am from Czechia, we had it.
@jimthegiant You just said that you want to reduce dependence on foreign workers, which is position of like 99% of people. Right-winger would tell me the same. I ask you about your opinion on borders and imigration in general and if you meaningfully differ from Zack.