请问大家这句话应该如何理解？

1. But Soviet firms are no more subject to prices established by a free market over which they exercise little influence than are capitalist firms; rather, Soviet firms have been given the power to fix prices.

2. Individual entrepreseneurs do not necessarily rely on their kin because they cannot obtain financial backing from commercial resources. 这句话之间的因果关系怎么感觉就这么变扭呢？