Why did the Soviet economy tank so badly in late 1980s?

>>1409882
oil crash plus ossified politico-bureaucratic apparatus?

>>1409882
They built too many tanks, but steel production was up 5%! And central planning

not to mention the mass general discontentment among the population at this time once they started to realize how bullshit communism was as they were exposed to the west and free ideas more and more

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>>1409882


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>>1409882
Oil crisis and loss of gold reserves. They went from the world's leader in wheat exports to the world's leader in wheat imports. Also communism is dumb.

Corruption, too much resources wasted on the army, making a stupid invesion on afghanistan.
This is why i hate communism. Everytime they waste a ton of money and resources on military, because "We must proctect the revolution from imperialism comrade"