The USSR built railroads so quickly and effectively that they (1) surprised the Nazi generals so much they wrote about all the railways not on their own maps and of the industrial capacity they faced and (2) they transported entire industries East so they could operate away from the front.
Meanwhile, the US has dismantled most of its railway system because it lacks central planning, so railways that don’t directly earn a profit (e.g. from moving freight) become derelict.
In Amerikka, rail lanes that literally turn a profit are actively shut down because it makes the profit % line go up. By removing the smaller margin profit earners, it leaves only large margin profit earners remaining so the % goes up.
This is not a joke. They would literally rather have a higher % of profit next quarter, even if it means making fewer total dollars of profit.
This had the completely unknowable results of increasing prices for consumers and manufacturers alike, and putting more semi trucks on the road increasing congestion/pollution/collisions.
Truly capitalism is capable of miracles that communist engineers could only dream of.
Capitalists are often very bad at capitalism. On average they maximize profit, not just percent profit, but if you hire enough MBAs anything can happen.
The USSR built railroads so quickly and effectively that they (1) surprised the Nazi generals so much they wrote about all the railways not on their own maps and of the industrial capacity they faced and (2) they transported entire industries East so they could operate away from the front.
Meanwhile, the US has dismantled most of its railway system because it lacks central planning, so railways that don’t directly earn a profit (e.g. from moving freight) become derelict.
It gets even funnier.
In Amerikka, rail lanes that literally turn a profit are actively shut down because it makes the profit % line go up. By removing the smaller margin profit earners, it leaves only large margin profit earners remaining so the % goes up.
This is not a joke. They would literally rather have a higher % of profit next quarter, even if it means making fewer total dollars of profit.
This had the completely unknowable results of increasing prices for consumers and manufacturers alike, and putting more semi trucks on the road increasing congestion/pollution/collisions.
Truly capitalism is capable of miracles that communist engineers could only dream of.
Capitalists are often very bad at capitalism. On average they maximize profit, not just percent profit, but if you hire enough MBAs anything can happen.