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USSR was terrible in the way it constrained personal freedom and property, but thats not why it collapsed, the grievances of common people had nothing to do wit
by theworstshill 11y ago
USSR was terrible in the way it constrained personal freedom and property, but thats not why it collapsed, the grievances of common people had nothing to do with its collapse at all. I believe a large portion voted to stay in the union. USSR was broken up by top cadres so that each can have a personal fiefdom, it had nothing to do with what the sheeple was bleating.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoThat's true too. People brought "top cadres" into relative freedom, and then they destroyed the USSR against people's will.
- Const-me 11y agoThat does not apply to all parts of the union. Three Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, were among the first to claim their independence. The people did it, not some top cadres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution