Similarly, I've heard opinions attributed to Gorbachev that the thing that really broke the system was costs of Chornobyl cleanup. Another thing usually missed

Similarly, I've heard opinions attributed to Gorbachev that the thing that really broke the system was costs of Chornobyl cleanup. Another thing usually missed in the "West" is that Soviet Union pretty much never stopped being in crash industrialization mode due to how poor its starting position was.