Submitted by [deleted] t3_yin863 in explainlikeimfive
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jcstan05 t1_iuji22g wrote
Great analysis. You really got to the root of the issue.
[deleted] OP t1_iujl12y wrote
Very layered answer
your_awesomeking1 t1_iujgt6k wrote
best thing I have read so far today
dirtyblueshirt t1_iujjafh wrote
Layer by layer? Like a parfait?
jcstan05 t1_iujjf9n wrote
Cake! Cakes have layers!
Captain_Stairs t1_iujjttz wrote
No, no. Like a Russian Nesting Onion!
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phiwong t1_iujiox9 wrote
This would be the subject of a whole textbook. Very simplified.
In order to maintain a union of states (like the USSR), every state must have their mutual benefits. For Russia to maintain control over the USSR, it had to give benefits to the individual countries while taking some benefits for itself.
There came a time when Russia could no longer maintain this financially. At this point, the individual states no longer wanted to remain as part of the union and Russia wasn't in a position militarily or diplomatically to enforce their rule over so many countries all at the same time.
spider-bro t1_iujkvbs wrote
An even shorter answer is that it was based on non-consensual relationships which are inherently more unstable than consensual relationships.
Of course all nations are that way; the definition of a law is a rule you adopt by being born. But the Soviet Union applied this kind of nonconsensual ordering to entire nations.
bela_lugosi_s_dead t1_iujjq3z wrote
It was used as a flavoring agent in rock soup. Eventually, it was cooked over and over until it could no longer nourish comrades.
So they took Yuri and his family around the corner and shot them in the head with a makarov (that took several tries, a makarov is not accurate even point blank).
jh937hfiu3hrhv9 t1_iujklcw wrote
Soviet onions have an extremely high sulfur content and cause gastro intestinal distress, unlike the superior sweet Walla Walla onion that dominated the market.
I_downloaded_a_car_ t1_iujmbcv wrote
The only correct answer here. No one else reads, do they?
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wisertime07 t1_iujj5lq wrote
Because of regardless of what you may hear from certain political figures in the US, socialism and its big brother, Communism, although sound great in theory, do not work in the real world.
It has been proven to fail, time after time.
Captain_Stairs t1_iujjoyq wrote
The west prefers garlic
HBOXNW t1_iujmd1l wrote
Actual communism was tried exactly once. Between the February and Bolshevik revolutions.
dscos t1_iujgohc wrote
Well, you see, in the Soviet Union, everything was owned collectively. Once everyone started taking their piece of the Soviet Onion, layer by layer it came apart and its collapse was inevitable