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Originally Posted by HMCS
While I agreed that Reagan's policies were calculated, and the USSR could not keep up with the economic strain, Reagan's policies were only a a catalyst. I would argue that the rot had set in a long time before Reagan came along - all the way back to Stalin and Kruschev, and Brezhnev's policies ensured that the USSR couldn't win the cold war.
I strongly doubt that the USSR would have lasted much more than another 20 years or so after 1989, with or without Reagan.
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Maybe the next time the Russians have their elections, everyone can vote for Gennady Zyuganov, and we can see how commumism does a second time around.
