What destroyed the Soviet Union?

[Deusaeuri]

Wow, that is one biased poll if I ever saw one.

Could you elaborate?

Hardcore communists trying to take over Gorbachev's government through a coup led to the collapse of Soviet Union.

[Oaledonia]

Their fetish with trying to beat the US in an un-winnable arms race with the US with almost a 20 year technology gap.

[Alyakia]

Stagnation

If it's Stagnation, then the US is in trouble, because last year, our annual GDP growth was about the same as that of the USSR in the early '80's.

Like I said, other countries had survived the economic problems worse than what the USSR was going through.

frankly i think the ronald reagan was most important stuff is just arrogance and people wanting to think their country totally beat their enemies oorah

[Kiribati-Tarawa]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

[Genivaria]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

Thatcher was an idiot who didn't realize that the 'other people's money' nonsense applies to all government not just communist.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Communism is the perfect form of government when done right. Most people think that it's bad because some Socialist/Communist leaders gave it a bad name. I wish that more countries were communist, especially Russia.

Go to Angola, or maybe Ethiopia, or maybe Nepal. Those countries are on the verge on becoming socialist countries. Note that these countries are currently poor, and at one point were rich.

[United Marxist Nations]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

She didn't understand socialism and the Soviet-model then, and you don't understand it now, if that's how you think it worked. Hell, the USSR didn't even have an income tax.

[The Sotoan Union]

Communism is the perfect form of government when done right. Most people think that it's bad because some Socialist/Communist leaders gave it a bad name. I wish that more countries were communist, especially Russia.

I got some bad news for ya.

[The Sotoan Union]

Could you elaborate?

Hardcore communists trying to take over Gorbachev's government through a coup led to the collapse of Soviet Union.

Directly. But that's like saying Rome was fine until Alaric sacked it.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Communism is the perfect form of government when done right. Most people think that it's bad because some Socialist/Communist leaders gave it a bad name. I wish that more countries were communist, especially Russia.

I got some bad news for ya.

Ethipoia, Somalia, Sudan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan(You know where I'm going)
These countries are poor. Dirt poor, except for a few.

[Deusaeuri]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

No... Not at all. The system collapsed because it could no longer hold together the nationalist ideals of the various republics. It had little to do with the government itself being communist. If Thatcher was right (she wasn't), the Chinese government would have collapsed long ago.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

No... Not at all. The system collapsed because it could no longer hold together the nationalist ideals of the various republics. It had little to do with the government itself being communist. If Thatcher was right (she wasn't), the Chinese government would have collapsed long ago.

Trust me, for China, if they were a anarchy at one point, and currently, I'm not seeing anyone in golden chariots, and not too much of good spacing(eg Hong Kong)

[Alyakia]

Communism - the system is inherently flawed. To quote the Baroness Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990), "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money." That's precisely what happened in the Soviet Union.

it's also what happened to the UKs financial sector. lol. especially ironic since her government only survived due to the north sea oil, which is basically other peoples money. maybe if she spent more time thinking about how to actually run the country properly and less time thinking up quotes for people to post on the internet we would have done a lot better.

also it actually sounds really weird when you call someone a baroness outside of very very specific contexts.

[Deusaeuri]

I got some bad news for ya.

Ethipoia, Somalia, Sudan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan(You know where I'm going)
These countries are poor. Dirt poor, except for a few.

Oman, Namibia, Angola, Phillipines, Greece, Guatemala, El Salvador...

[Deusaeuri]

No... Not at all. The system collapsed because it could no longer hold together the nationalist ideals of the various republics. It had little to do with the government itself being communist. If Thatcher was right (she wasn't), the Chinese government would have collapsed long ago.

Trust me, for China, if they were a anarchy at one point, and currently, I'm not seeing anyone in golden chariots, and not too much of good spacing(eg Hong Kong)

You make no sense at all.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Ethipoia, Somalia, Sudan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan(You know where I'm going)
These countries are poor. Dirt poor, except for a few.

Oman, Namibia, Angola, Phillipines, Greece, Guatemala, El Salvador...

El Salvador and Guatemala are on the verge of dying off, and Angola is dirt poor.

[Trezchoix]

The insane idea that communism and socialism actually work. It was failed from the start and communism has shown world wide how crazy and evil it actually is.

[Deusaeuri]

Oman, Namibia, Angola, Phillipines, Greece, Guatemala, El Salvador...

El Salvador and Guatemala are on the verge of dying off, and Angola is dirt poor.

I know that. I'm pointing out that many countries in both the 1st World and 3rd World were poor and authoritarian. (and some still are)

[Deusaeuri]

The insane idea that communism and socialism actually work. It was failed from the start and communism has shown world wide how crazy and evil it actually is.

I wonder how many parts of the device you typed this on are from China.

[Alyakia]

The insane idea that communism and socialism actually work. It was failed from the start and communism has shown world wide how crazy and evil it actually is.

lasted twice as long as apartheid. must have been doing something right.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

El Salvador and Guatemala are on the verge of dying off, and Angola is dirt poor.

I know that. I'm pointing out that many countries in both the 1st World and 3rd World were poor and authoritarian. (and some still are)

All the countries you pointed out are third world except Oman. And Oman, for a country with some humanitarian issues, their economy is holding them up.

[Deusaeuri]

I know that. I'm pointing out that many countries in both the 1st World and 3rd World were poor and authoritarian. (and some still are)

All the countries you pointed out are third world except Oman. And Oman, for a country with some humanitarian issues, their economy is holding them up.

Do you even know what the 1st World / 2nd World / 3rd Worlds are?

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

All the countries you pointed out are third world except Oman. And Oman, for a country with some humanitarian issues, their economy is holding them up.

Do you even know what the 1st World / 2nd World / 3rd Worlds are?

Well, there's different theories. Which ones are you talking about?

[Deusaeuri]

Do you even know what the 1st World / 2nd World / 3rd Worlds are?

Well, there's different theories. Which ones are you talking about?

No, there's not multiple theories.
The 1st World refers to the United States/United Kingdom and their allies.
The 3rd World refers to the Soviet Union/China and their allies.
The 2nd World refers to Sweden/Yugoslavia/other neutral nations.

[Libhiriya]

Communism is the perfect form of government when done right. Most people think that it's bad because some Socialist/Communist leaders gave it a bad name. I wish that more countries were communist, especially Russia.

Go to Angola, or maybe Ethiopia, or maybe Nepal. Those countries are on the verge on becoming socialist countries. Note that these countries are currently poor, and at one point were rich.

When were they rich?

Under the colonial yoke?

When Hallie Salisee was hording the wealth for himself while Bob Marley kissed his ass?

When a white man was the first to climb everest? (tell that to the sherpas)