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

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2016-07-13 23:05:04 Post No. 1409882
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:05:04 Post No. 1409882 [Report]

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

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:07:27 Post No.1409891
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:07:27 Post No.1409891 [Report]

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

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:07:56 Post No.1409893
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:07:56 Post No.1409893 [Report]

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

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:09:43 Post No.1409901
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:09:43 Post No.1409901 [Report]

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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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:10:54 Post No.1409908
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>>1409882

SPACE SHIPS!

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:11:37 Post No.1409913
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:11:37 Post No.1409913 [Report]

>>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.

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:15:28 Post No.1409930
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Anonymous 2016-07-13 23:15:28 Post No.1409930 [Report]

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"