They say it failed because of the counter-revolutionaries who had that 'group project' mindset like 'it's fine if I slack off.'

You think they actually slacked off? Straight to the Gulag and labor re-education camps.

The stories about 'group projects' and 'it failed because they were lazy' are basically propaganda warped by the system competition. While there were many reasons why communist states actually collapsed, usually...

...it was the incompetence of the Soviet leadership responsible for spearheading state-planned economics.

Sensei, then shouldn't we say that state-led plans driven by a dictatorship start off with a boom but eventually, since dictatorships are inherently unchecked, they make catastrophic choices and the whole country face-plants?!

Hmm... Nyang-Bbak, why are you breaking character? That situation, back then in Korea...

Uh...

Well, the thing is...

Sensei, let's just say those commie bastards failed because they were lazy.

Good job, Nyang-Shik, that's the right answer. Sensei almost got dragged away by the ANSP (National Security Planning Agency).
"The thread quickly realizes that it's much safer to stick to the approved 'lazy commie' narrative than discuss the real flaws of state-led economic planning, especially when developmental dictatorships (ROK style) are mentioned. The fear of the ANSP is real!"
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