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Africablack

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You said Soviet Union badly needed reform than said that reform caused the whole thing to fall down. Pre-reform Soviet Union was doing fine by most measures, soviets under Brezhnev had slow but steadily growth in every sector. Reforms ruined everything that's why Soviet Union fell, if you think Soviet Union fell because it couldn't provide to its citizens you would be wrong since post soviets states were MUCH worse and they didn't fall. Soviet Union could have survived if it wasn't for Gorbachev's dumb reforms.
No, that's not how reforms work, there's no one type of reform and there isn't one approach to reform either, Gorbachev's issue was two fold. Firstly, he tried to reform too much at once by introducing both Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (opening) at the same time, this was a big mistake. Contrast this to the PRC under Deng, whose reforms were more gradualist. Secondly, Gorbachev did all this while trying to save socialism when he should have taken the USSR on another road and introduce real market reforms to re-invigorate the ailing Soviet economy. Again using China as an example, the party leadership decided to adopt a pragmatic approach and change course by introducing a market economy.

What I'm trying to say is that while the USSR needed reforms the leadership of the CPSU were clueless as to what type of reforms and how to adopt it. The economy under Brezhnev was basically a petro-state and high oil prices in the 1970 gave them a false sense of stability.
 

SanWenYu

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BREAKING: New reports have come out that President Joe Biden requested and demanded naps during his debate preparations, according to The New York Times.
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I can't even stand to watch it for a little bit. lolol
The US forced two old men in their late 70s doing a clown show on stage for hours without taking breaks for naps?! That is cruel.
 

Temstar

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"If only the Chinese could talk to the outside world. That'll let them know the real truth!"

*literally the biggest exchange happens and Americans find out the truth*

"Nooooo not like that"
Freshest meme of the day:

Q: Have you noticed all the lib feminist that use to congregate on XHS have all gone into hiding in a matter of days?
A: Are you that surprised at American coloniser's ability to make the native of the land disappear?
 
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