Strictly speaking, Soviet goods (very few of them, though) were of somewhat decent quality when compared to the cheapest crap made in a non-name sweatshop for d

Strictly speaking, Soviet goods (very few of them, though) were of somewhat decent quality when compared to the cheapest crap made in a non-name sweatshop for dollar stores. Or export to the Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet countries. Even in the space, USSR achieved much more launches than the US for a simple reason -- Soviet satellites crapped out in months instead of years.