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"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 01/31/2020 at 21:29 • Filed to: Spacelopnik

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What could have been and what  kind of ended up being.

For Sweden > f86sabre 01/31/2020 at 21:37

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The Soviet Union tries capitalism, then completely collapses.

Ma kes you think.

ranwhenparked > For Sweden 01/31/2020 at 22:02

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They had already been engaged in capitalism for decades in their dealings with Western countries. The bulk of the Soviet passenger ship industry was funded by doing charter cruises for British, Australian, and West German travel agencies.

By this point, they were already on the brink of collapse due to their ethnicities problems, moribund economy, the Afghanistan failure, Chernobyl, and military overspending, poor harvests,  and horrendous mismanagement of state-run firms creating mass shortages of basic necessities, and other factors. They were just trying anything to try and jump start economic growth and bring in more foreign cash to try and stave off collapse long enough to work out a new government structure that could keep things together. 

wafflesnfalafel > f86sabre 01/31/2020 at 22:02

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Energia/B uran was a pretty impressive set up....

SmugAardvark > For Sweden 02/01/2020 at 00:14

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Disagree. It’s too late on a Friday to do any good thinking beyond what beer I should drink next.

For Sweden > ranwhenparked 02/01/2020 at 00:20

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That’s a lot of thinking right there

facw > wafflesnfalafel 02/01/2020 at 01:17

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Was...

f86sabre > facw 02/01/2020 at 12:48

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Still heartbreaking to see. What could have been...