That's interesting. Makes a bit of a connection to Putin and Russian current regime.

They are mostly children of party bureaucrats, with some mafia and special services seasoning added. That includes Putin himself, people painting him as ex-intelligence or his KGB past as something big miss the point, he had a minor role, he was a kid from a party family and he was sent to GDR because foreign postings were prestigious.

So they have this inferiority complex to make themselves seem real mafia and special services.

I wonder if Putin's hate for Ukraine is a result of its organized crime not treating him as anything interesting. Same with Georgia, it was once the center of the organized crime in the ex-Soviet space, and Saakashvili didn't end that as much as people think.

We want a centrally planned economy,

Oh, so you want real serfdom. Where you have a dossier passed between your employers as if you were a resource. Trade unions being state-controlled and acting in the interest of your employer. Nice.

we want universal healthcare,

Teeth being torn out without anesthetics, doctors prescribing donkey piss, people finding the rare good doctors via acquaintances and ties for important operations, because otherwise you might not survive that. Oh yes.

we want federally funded infrastructure projects,

Suppose that's fine.

and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.

Just remember that the most important part of ownership is deciding how the money is used, and you are giving this to non-elected bureaucrats if you want central planning.

Nah, should think a bit more.

A hint - "Soviet system" doesn't mean the USSR's system, and it can be good if designed very carefully.