I'm not saying that Gorbachev's ideals were flawed. It's the approach he took to putting them in place. In a way, he was putting "the human face" on socialism

I'm not saying that Gorbachev's ideals were flawed. It's the approach he took to putting them in place. In a way, he was putting "the human face" on socialism in the same hamfisted manner that the "should be done" socialism was pushed down people's throats before. His bright idea to solve the alcoholism problem by having a Prohibition 2.0 is a prime example. What with the oil prices? Forget that, look at the vodka prices. That's solely on Gorbachev. And it worked as well as you'd expect. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/27/world/soviet-liquor-prices-up-in-drive-on-alcoholism.html https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/27/world/soviet-liquor-price...