That “We come across railway lines that aren’t on the maps” really reads like someone who has just realized that he will die there. Just pure horror. Sucks to be him I guess!

Hitler having a Skinner moment:

“Could I be wrong and making a gigantic mistake?”

“No, it’s reality that’s wrong”

With respect to Russia, it is incontestable that Stalin raised the standard of living. The Russian people don’t go hungry.

Wow I can’t believe Hitler was a red fash tankie

Yet another book onto my reading list from this website

Nice quote, I also loved that audio of Hitler being astonished by the number of tanks produced by the Soviet Union

weird how if you set up a plan to do a thing, arrange the materials ahead of time for this thing, and get dedicated motivated people on board looking forward to a better future

the thing just gets accomplished. people feel good when they make a lasting mark on the world

truly baffling, inscrutable alien stuff huh

didn’t even have to have twenty middlemen siphoning away resources and cut-throat competition and risk of starvation and homelessness to motivate people

a book about how Stalin was actually rad? Downloading.

Central planning

Yes I’ve posted this three times in three years and I’ll post it again next year too!

5 year plans work, folks. Everyone keeps saying it.

That footnote number, tho

“they’ve discovered how to not put strategically vital infrastructure on a map!!!”