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What are the ways that you can prevent the stagnation in the Soviet Union? Obviously there was potential for economic growth in the USSR but a combination of caution and paranoia prevented the type of experimentation that was needed to keep the USSR competitive in the modern world. Does removing Brezhnev/other hard-liners do enough?
Lets try to theorize how the Communist Soviet system could have stayed relevant. In other words statements such as 'the Soviet system could have never worked, reformed or not' are not helpful!
And what are the consequences on modern history with an economically powerful USSR?