I do generally think (and agree with rightwingers) that central planning suffers from new categories appearance, if there is no vision (say, cellular phones)

I think that phenomenon is largely historical and not intrinsic, the result of practically all socialist states being born out of (or continuously laboring under) apocalyptic war conditions or literally at the beginning state, the most dire feudal conditions on planet earth at the time

By way of comparison during wartime, particularly WWII, the production and availability of small, non-essential consumer commodities (like radios, toys, and luxury trinkets) ate absolute shit in both the US and UK

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 2 points 20 hours ago

I think it’s basically production level fumble which could have been avoided if the problem was recognized as such. Like you can know about history of the radio all you like, but you have to see it implementation dialectically, not as necessity first (be it propaganda or military) but both necessity and nicety