Sorry to go
But i think a lot of people confuse socialism with communism, this is one of the better definitions I have found;
"Both socialism and communism are based on the principle that the goods and services produced in an economy should be owned publicly, and controlled and planned by a centralized organization. Socialism asserts that the distribution should take place according to the amount of individuals' production efforts, however, while communism asserts that that goods and services should be distributed among the populace according to individuals' needs.
Another difference between socialism and communism is that communists assert that both capitalism and private ownership of the means of production must be done away with as soon as possible in order to make sure a classless society, the communist ideal, is formed. Socialists, however, see capitalism as a possible part of the ideal state and believe that socialism can exist in a capitalist society. In fact, one of the ideas of socialism is that everyone within the society will benefit from capitalism as much as possible as long as the capitalism is controlled somehow by a centralized planning system."
So what's that to do with the price of oil?
OK so that oil was taxed heavily, BUT prices for everything are also higher (so is Pay, and there is more 'evenness' in money distribution)
Also, that oil was proberbly not refined there, it was proberbly imported, Plus (as I stated in my last post) it's proberbly not a big selling commodity (as it may me in a larger country like the U.S.)
"Both socialism and communism are based on the principle that the goods and services produced in an economy should be owned publicly, and controlled and planned by a centralized organization. Socialism asserts that the distribution should take place according to the amount of individuals' production efforts, however, while communism asserts that that goods and services should be distributed among the populace according to individuals' needs.
Another difference between socialism and communism is that communists assert that both capitalism and private ownership of the means of production must be done away with as soon as possible in order to make sure a classless society, the communist ideal, is formed. Socialists, however, see capitalism as a possible part of the ideal state and believe that socialism can exist in a capitalist society. In fact, one of the ideas of socialism is that everyone within the society will benefit from capitalism as much as possible as long as the capitalism is controlled somehow by a centralized planning system."
So what's that to do with the price of oil?
OK so that oil was taxed heavily, BUT prices for everything are also higher (so is Pay, and there is more 'evenness' in money distribution)
Also, that oil was proberbly not refined there, it was proberbly imported, Plus (as I stated in my last post) it's proberbly not a big selling commodity (as it may me in a larger country like the U.S.)