alt Hacker NewsProperly planning the economy, ala the Chinese tier system, is a good thing.
They have 3 tiers. Its called 新基建 - *Xīn Jījiàn
Top tier is for essentials like food, electricity, internet/comms, water, sewer. Heavily controlled, usually state owned companies.
Middle tier is stuff that's integrated into essential tier.
Lower tier is forefront of tech, and not at all critical for life.
And a reminder that even fucks like Nestle said that water is not a human right. But every capitalist would do their damndest to put a sale price on anything they could. They'd charge breathing if possible.
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Every non capitalist would force you to work in random job they assign or force you to obey some rule or law they wrote for their own interest. you don't want to do the job? or dont want to follow the law and rules? fine! go to gulag and enjoy it there.
alternatively, non capitalist eras had real famines and lead to millions starving and dead. but sure putting a price for product/service after risking lots of capital is the real enemy, lmao. why biggest famines mostly happened in non capitalist places is real historical detail with lots of facts.
This is not that dissimilar to the US. The government either controls directly or is very heavily involved in all those things you listed in the top tier.