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7/10/2025, 8:49:09 PM
>>2089209
It was part of the first Five Year Plan, and the propaganda was such that "socialist realism" art got jokingly called "girl meets tractor". It was a big part of the argument for collectivization, that a big enough collective farm would be profitable enough to be able to afford machinery. And Statista will gladly tell you that Soviets outproduced American farming machinery by a factor of 3. No hard numbers, though. Without that scientific paper website account, anyway.
Lemme check with CIA real quick
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R01141A000400090001-6.pdf
Yeah, they estimate almost 100% in some areas, and completely negligible in others. How much of that is cope or bullshit is up to you.
Also, remember, WW2. You can't field a massive army, without screwing over labour intensive fields, like farming. Germany found that out the hard way.
It was part of the first Five Year Plan, and the propaganda was such that "socialist realism" art got jokingly called "girl meets tractor". It was a big part of the argument for collectivization, that a big enough collective farm would be profitable enough to be able to afford machinery. And Statista will gladly tell you that Soviets outproduced American farming machinery by a factor of 3. No hard numbers, though. Without that scientific paper website account, anyway.
Lemme check with CIA real quick
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R01141A000400090001-6.pdf
Yeah, they estimate almost 100% in some areas, and completely negligible in others. How much of that is cope or bullshit is up to you.
Also, remember, WW2. You can't field a massive army, without screwing over labour intensive fields, like farming. Germany found that out the hard way.
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