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I haven't really studied Soviet history post Nikita so idk anything about Leonid

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He was just kind of bad at management. He didn't see the importance of computers and didn't have good policies to reverse the stagnation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I read that alot of Brezhnev's policies were a return of capitalist elements, such as allowing economic enterprises to "fail" if they were unprofitable and making housing more market-like.

In a vacuum, I don't like these policies, but maybe they make more sense in context, I'm not sure. I know some limited reforms in the housing market were helpful.

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