China Uses ‘Digital Leninism’ to Manage Economy and Monitor Citizens
wsj.com
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy
The NEP represented a more market-oriented economic policy, deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1918 to 1922, to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined. The complete nationalization of industry, established during the period of War Communism, was partially revoked and a system of mixed economy was introduced, which allowed private individuals to own small enterprises,[3] while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries.
It is worse than the bloody Chinese GFW - a single VPN account allows you to bypass the entire GFW, yet you need to signup/subscribe to millions of different pay-walled sites to even read them.