The USSR Superior Production System…

During the communist era, an American entrepreneur was invited to the USSR to be shown the examples of the superior production system they had there. He was taken to the largest car plant. After touring the plant he asked the tour guide “who owns this plant?”. “We do” they replied. “Equipment?” “We do”. As he walked outside he pointed to the cars in the car park. “Who owns those shiny cars?” “Well, this one is for the political commissar, the next one is for the communist party secretary of the work force …” “you mean those cars belong to officials only?”

After the visit the American entrepreneur invited his soviet counterpart to visit Detroit to see an American car factory. As the Russian was touring the production line he asked his tour guides “Who owns this factory?” “Henry Ford”. “Who owns the equipment?” “Henry Ford”. And as they came outside, he pointed to the line of cars in the car park. “Who own these cars” “We do” came the reply.