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In 1955, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev launched the so-called "Corn Campaign," aimed at replacing wheat with corn wherever possible. This was a peculiar form of "cargo cult" thinking, modeled after the agricultural practices of the United States, where corn—known for its theoretically lower cultivation costs—plays a major role. However, in the Soviet Union, neither the soil, nor the climate, nor the agricultural traditions were conducive to large-scale corn production. Khrushchev's initiative ultimately caused significant harm to the Soviet economy. This story came to mind when I…