Yeah it was so successful that people would line up around the block for bananas the one time a year. Or when boots came into the store you'd pick up whatever size you could, as you'd trade later.
(true stories)
(true stories)
> The USSR has tried this. Lets not.
would rule out things like "going to the moon" or "building roads". It's a pretty useless rubric.
I am not doubting the USSR fucked all sorts of things up. I'm doubting that that inherently means those things must be impossible.
The USSR is an example of many failed things. That they failed at those things does not mean those things cannot be done.
I was offering a tangible example of where the thing being proposed was a failure.
They are examples of the USSR failing at a possible thing. They illustrate my critique of your claim.