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Hey, I accidentally tried that, sort of. It actually worked out OK.
I had lost nearly everything to my name, and the five-year plan had just come out. I couldn't think of anything better to do with my life, so instead of giving up, I called a lawyer and got a license to do some of the things in, it with the little assets I had left. Now I have a home, I know where my next meal comes from, and I'm happily married!
In hindsight, without that little nudge to get my act together, I would quite possibly not be alive today.
what are you even saying tho
Oh, sorry. I take these things for granted sometimes. I don't know how familiar communists overseas are with the systems here. I live in a nominally Communist country (Vietnam).
The Communist Party issues a 5-year plan (it does this... every 5 years!). It details what the planned economy will be doing over the next 5 years: goals, targets, and so on. So, you can get on board and set up a private enterprise to help achieve those things -- private enterprise licenses are permitted in accordance with various regulations. Sometimes you can get land or buildings allocated to help you get started, although I'm not nearly important enough for that kind of thing. I just got a business license.
Anyway, committing to what the Party was telling us to do turned out pretty OK for me!
sorry for the confusion, comrade! Have a great day!
No worries!
Incidentally, if you ever have any questions about life here, fire away!
On my end, I know very little about modern Communism-with-a-capital-C. I mostly just know how to navigate the bureaucracy. Which is generally not as bad a people say.