DId Reagan REALLY have that much to do with the fall of the USSR?
It seems to me that, while he may have helped a little, that communism fell in Russia due more to the fact that they had a new leader who wasn't as hardline, and that communism, as an economic model, just doesn't work very well, given that individual creativity is stifled by lack of incentive. I also heard before that Russia was good at producing big consumer products, such as cars,(although their design was crap for previous given reasons), but were not very good at making the little things. Either way, it seems to me Mother Russia fell more due to gout than Ronnie giving her a push down the stairs.
Any insight?
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