In Poland some share similar sentiment, but it was better to get rid of of all these inflexible, low quality companies than providing them with life support. Problem was with management and technology. You would need to get rid of whole management hierarchy, and at that time there was nobody who could replace it. Some relicts from communism still lingers here and there, for 30 years after fall of communism unable to turn profit. Or corrupted managers moving ideas or technologies to “friendly” companies outside. If you allowed these companies to exist there would be a more chance for forming oligarchies like in Ukraine, instead of that we have more robust middle class.