This. What compounded the problem was the internal passport system and the state assigning jobs. Even if you were a genius and wanted to be a scientist or something and if the state said you were shoveling shit that is what you did, or went on state assistance and drank vodka professionally. By the late 60s/70s the only people with jobs were party members and their families. It'll be the same way here in the late 2030s, if not sooner.