Rick uses Soviet Union as an example of the economic impressiveness of socialism / communism (which he pretty much uses interchangeably). Later in his closing statement -- in response to Glenn's request for any evidence that Socialism refutes the business cycle -- Rick responds with: ~"The old socialist societies weren't 'true' socialism, so they don't count". Rick even affirms at the very end that ~"The Soviet Union wasn't a classless society any more than the United States was".
Seems like a major contradiction to me. If the Soviet Union "doesn't count" then it can't be used as evidence of the economic superiority of communism.
Rick uses Soviet Union as an example of the economic impressiveness of socialism / communism (which he pretty much uses interchangeably). Later in his closing statement -- in response to Glenn's request for any evidence that Socialism refutes the business cycle -- Rick responds with: ~"The old socialist societies weren't 'true' socialism, so they don't count". Rick even affirms at the very end that ~"The Soviet Union wasn't a classless society any more than the United States was".
Seems like a major contradiction to me. If the Soviet Union "doesn't count" then it can't be used as evidence of the economic superiority of communism.
Too much internal consistency = losing the debate