I figured I’d ask here since you comrades know history and are on talking terms with reality, unlike a lot of stuff that is available to read online. I am really looking for a short answer, although I know there were many factors playing out over a long long time. Just the bullet points, if you please.

Edit: Thank you for these awesome answers, a lot of exactly what I was looking for and a lot of new directions to explore. Y’all really are the dope-ass bear B-)

  • TrippyFocus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    24 days ago

    If you’re looking for something easier I’d recommend Hakims videos

    Think he has book recommendations in it for further reading but he goes over most of the major points well.

    Im at work but very high level some of the issues are below. Apologies I may not be writing these out the best but will try to edit later.

    1. Computational problem

    Since this was before computer started to become widely used, central planning of a large economy like the USSR was difficult. This lead to some economic problems.

    Nowadays that obviously wouldn’t be the case and this is covered well in the book “People’s republic of Walmart”.

    1. Leadership Issues

    The western idea of a dictatorship wasn’t accurate but the party did have some issues with leadership. Ossification (spelling might be wrong but too many old people in leadership) made it unable to pivot in some ways it could have. Also I believe it was Kruchev that allowed effectively any class to join the party (even bourgeois) led the party to become revisionist over the years.

    As others mentioned they actually ended up reintroducing some market forces as a result of the reformists but not in smart/controlled way like China which led to other economic issues.

    Will try to flesh this out more when I have a chance.