Soviets tried to dominate the world but failed
The idea of sharing stuff as opposed to trading failed - well, that one wasn't liked by Soviet population itself either I guess and the elites weren't fond of it either
People of the country got poorer both as a result of the defeat and of being less efficient
That resulted in the countries being more chaotic and overall shittier than what they could've been
>>233572Probably no Perestroika bullshit would've helped it survive longer - like Perestroika was a welcome political change but apparently it completely destroyed the economic ties of the country (like before the dissolution itself happened).
The idea being that Gorbachev was the actual dictator and his decisions were pretty impactful (and bad for the USSR lol). I.e. it's a combination of dictatorial powers and poor understanding of what can happen.
Though probably some decisions should have come even sooner, like in the 60s or the 70s. People weren't particularly passionate about preserving the USSR by the time it fell apart, allegedly.