Why did Soviet Union break up? What exactly went wrong?
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Check out the series Pandora’s Box (available on BBC iPlayer in the UK).
They have a great episode on the failure of the Soviet attempts at central control and how the ideal was crippled by over complication, bureaucracy and the available technology. Weirdly, what they needed is exactly what Google and Facebook are doing now.
Obviously not the only reason for the collapse by any means but a great insight into the failure of one of their main logistical ideals. Which certainly added to the reasons their economy couldn’t keep up with the capitalist West.
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