So we all know the direction of soviet inspired socialism lead...
But still I feel like if it were not for stupid monopolized consumer markets leaving us with about as meany choices as the other side of the old iron curtain separating east and west we could have tools not designed to die and be replaced for a stupid profit but good tools at a reasonable rate.
That said I have owned a bunch of communist zone 70s-80s military stuff and way too much of it was total crap too, to match the cool Kalishnikov/Soyuz grade stuff. I guess everyone cuts corners sometimes.