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Re:Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy by whatshisface on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @12:26AM (#41855598)
The Soviets stopped catching up to the west under Brezhnev, and never recovered from what Gorbachev called, "the era of stagnation."
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Re:Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy by p1esk on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @12:47AM (#41855708)
The Cold War was just one of many factors leading to the Soviet Union collapse. It was a lot more complex than “stopped catching up to the West”.

Source: I lived through it.

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Re:Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy by whatshisface on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @01:03AM (#41855783)
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say it was the biggest external influence on the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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