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That's not why the USSR fell. It fell because of the oil crisis that crashed the price of oil, and with it, the export revenues of the USSR. That, and geriatric
by ein0p 2y ago
That's not why the USSR fell. It fell because of the oil crisis that crashed the price of oil, and with it, the export revenues of the USSR. That, and geriatric leaders who "ran the country without regaining consciousness". That latter part might remind you of something.
- failuser 2y agoOil export just prolonged the agony. Soviets could not reform without touching the institutions and could not survive without keeping the institutions intact. Gorbachev was not geriatric, but he was not a right caliber for that job, Soviet system did not produce those.
- cpursley 2y agoWatch the first 2 mins of this: > Leonid Brezhnev New Year's Address (1979) [Subtitled] https://youtu.be/E66oM2iAMwM?si=W6OeT2GxdfUt-nzI https://youtu.be/E66oM2iAMwM?si=W6OeT2GxdfUt-nzI
- slater 2y agoReagan...?