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It wasn't the fucking Communism. Now, maybe Communism doesn't work. Maybe it inevitably leads to a failure, or eventually becomes capitalism in all but name. Maybe. We don't really know, because every economic failure in the Soviet Union could be attributed to two factors:

Economic Isolation: The USSR was blocked from the wealthiest parts of the world. Part of that was Soviet choices, but a big chunk was also the USA sabotaging them at every opportunity. The Soviet economy didn't have access to markets, couldn't grow industry effectively, and was unable to implement technological improvements.

Authoritarianism: This is the big one. The authoritarianism in the Soviet Union elevated incompetent toadies who didn't know anything about their jobs, and who implemented disastrous policies which ignored science in favor of ideology. People like Lysenko, or RFK jr. At the same time, it also forced out and punished people for not telling the leadership what they wanted to hear, so there was no chance to correct mistakes.

And the thing about these issues is, they're not unique to Communism. And they are just as disastrous in any economic system.

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