• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They also capped the price of labor and banned strikes. All prices were controlled. Plus there was rationing. I believe you needed stamps to buy sugar, flour, and other things. Not food stamps, you still paid but you had a limit on the amount you could buy.

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      1 year ago

      Which was reasonable?

      With no control, a few could buy huge volumes to resell in the black market, just like what happened in the CoViD start with masks.

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      The consequences of “total war”

      Specifically the fourth feature:

      1. Total control: Multisectoral centralisation of the powers and orchestration of the activities of the countries in a small circle of dictators or oligarchs, with cross-functional control over education and culture, media/propaganda, economic, and political activities.

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