jan 16, 1923 - Industrialization Debate (1923) New Economic Policy (1923ish-1928)

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Bukharin:
-New Economic Policy (will take 30-40 years)
-Money made will make peasants demand tech, land and labor which will increase industrialization
-Peasants will enrich themselves
-Government still controls everything through taxes and oversight
-NEPmen = merchants

Trotsky:
-Collectivization of Agriculture
-Convince peasants to work on collective farms
-Overseen by the party
-Pay wages. dorm housing, group-owned
-Tech given to peasants
-Massive-scale farming = communist agriculture
-Sell excess food to europeans and profits will be used to industrialize rapidly

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