It always pains me to see declassified CIA docs admitting to lies and the public at large acting like it’s out of context, contradicts with what they learned in history class or is photoshopped :agony-limitless:
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Why would western powers want the USSR to abandon “collective leadership” in favor of streamlining their power organization
Also because keeping stakeholders out of decision making is destabilizing. Capitalists disinvest, workers strike, bureaucrats gatekeep, and everything falls apart. The key is to give your subjects and constituents just enough that they don’t revolt.
