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Authoritarian regimes are the most in danger when they attempt reforms instead of just carrying out the status quo, sure the people are mad about the economy or repression but regimes usually have tools to make sure they don't become too upset. Or at very least that they are too scared of having them and their family shot to voice their discontent too openly.

OTL Gorbachev destroyed the foundations holding the USSR together, inadvertently I might add, through his reforms. What if we had a series of conservative (Gishin, Grigory Romanov?) general secretaries who tries to keep up the status quo for as long as possible. How long does the USSR last?
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