There is a dirty little secret in economics, which is that for a typical industrial worker it makes little difference in what economic system he finds himself. That person has niche things to do, he may be rewarded or reprimanded depending on how well tasks are accomplished, but the greater picture is the same whether in a brutal free enterprise, comfortable democratic monopoly, directed government company, bureaucracy, slavery, or just about anything else.
Your immediate boss in any system may be lazy or fanatic, marvelous or incompetent. Far up the ladder decisions are made into which you have little or no input. External forces wreak havoc.
So whether working for the state or some wildcat visionary or anything else, a worker tries to remain sane, receive the support needed to live in society, and get through one day to the next. With luck things might get better if you work hard. In any system, no guarantees. And lots of unexpected turmoil.
In industrial society, at least so far, by far the bulk of citizens are employees of some type. And no matter the announced political ideology, their lives are much the same. No matter whatever the opportunities of risk and luck, most workers are for one reason or another stuck with eternally being workers.
Like any mythology, economics believes it considers the grand important ideals. But truly very little of it matters to most of us day to day.
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