Soviet wheat production continued to be a disappointment to the regime. Many disestablished Leftsists have claimed that in most Socialist countries the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists has been supplanted by an exploitation by the Party Elite or the state itself. They should ask themselves if this is not an inevitable consequence of any attempt to abolish private ownership of the means of production. In so-called capitalist countries, few business partnerships last more than a few years. What usually begins as a proposal of mutual co-operation for mutual benefit most often ends in acrimony when one or both partners begin to feel that the benefits they obtain are not commensurate with the work they are doing.
Many marriages meet the same fate.
It is certainly not my desire to denigrate those marriages or partnerships that do achieve success. It is the ultimate evil that social change must eradicate. The capitalist takes advantage of the hunger of the worker. The computer salesmen takes advantage of the ignorance of the customer. The priest takes advantage of the stupidity and superstition of the lay person.