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> They only did this because they couldn't pay him.

But they could. But no amount of money will encourage an engineer as much as the need to escape the gulag. Especially if you add some variety to their experience by staying in the gulag.

> In other countries that paid their engineers they produced more and better products.

It is precisely for this reason that the overwhelming majority of engineers in the USSR were not threatened with the gulag for inefficiency. And many believe that this is a good thing, and that "efficient" engineers threaten to destroy the labor market entirely.

> History is clear and obvious on this fact.

Yes. The Soviet space program created by Korolev is the pinnacle of human engineering thought, only God is above it. History is definitely clear and obvious on this fact

> I and many others, of course, will never cooperate with you.

That's the best part. You will vote yourself out of economic freedom, and then there will be no reason to ask about your opinion. Just look at the trends and public opinion on the necessity for economic freedom. You are already in checkmate if you look a few moves ahead.



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