The difference between your example of the crumbling Soviet system, and that of the communist Chinese:
Back during the Soviet build-up: Walmart was not selling things “Made in the Soviet Union” to provide the funding.
Now, we are FUNDING China’s military.
I try not to buy ChiCom products, and the anti Walmart bs re China is just bs by Walmart haters.
My grandkids before they could really read learned that if they went shopping with Grampa Dave at Walmart, Target, Kohls, the local toy store or wherever, not to ask me to buy anything with these 5 letters on the item C-H-I-N-A.
7 years ago, I figured if my 5 year old grandaughter and her 3 year old brother could figure that out, any American with a pulse should be able to figure that out. Apparently a lot of Freepers are reading impaired and don’t have the ability to recognize these 5 letters C-H-I-N-A. So they preach the anti Walmart bs like the marchers in our cities today.
We probably spend about $400 per month at Walmart, and 99/9% of those purchases do not come from the land of the murdering ChiComs. We save about 25% with those purchase each month. Since we are on fixed incomes that is important. Also, we are anti union and feel that our purchases at Walmart don’t fund union thugs and their thug bosses.
In closing, I am not a fan of any communist country and in particuliar the ChiCom serial killers. So if I post what many of us feel is the coming reality of their financial position, I’m not giving them any cover.