Quote Originally Posted by Dynamo
The U.S.S.R. is a prime example of why Communism doesn't work.
Yeah, sure and the second example is P.R.C. where communism doesn't work too. The GDP is growing there for 8% per year.

People living under Communism are not allowed to be creative. Their ideas are stifled.
But why the best movies and books were created in the USSR, and there is nothing to create right now instead of advertising, soap operas and advertising again?

All they do is what they are told to do, so they become robots, slaves of the state. There is no democracy, there is no freedom, no creativity. So while in the short term Communist societies may flourish, in the long term there is no improvement in the economy.
This is a demagogy. Just look at P.R.C.

... People don't like being trapped in a shell, only doing what they are told to do for fear of the consequences if they don't. That is why a Democracy can outdo a Communist society.
So what about PRC? 1 200 000 000 population, GDP - $5.989 trillion, GDP growth rate 8%, 51% of GDP is industry and construction. USA - GDP $10.45 trillion, GDP growth rate is 2.4% and 80% of GDP is services. In 5-10 years the biggest economy in the world will be China.