Who was more responsible for the end of the Cold War and the Soviet collapse?

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The soviet union was bound to collapse in 1941 hitler referred to it as a rotting structure and he was right.

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i dont think reagan had really anything to do with it, it was gonna collapse anyway.

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The soviet union was bound to collapse in 1941 hitler referred to it as a rotting structure and he was right.

Yes socialism was the cause of the collapse because it does not produce enough wealth to keep up with needs and demands. Let that be a lesson to us now.

So what does Reagan have to do with that?

Just the simple fact of cutting taxes to grow the economy. The Soviets collapsed sooner than they would have because they didn't have what it took to compete with us economically.

The economy grew under Reagan roughly under the same pace that it grew before him. Thus, he didn't have anything to do with the rate of economic growth. And no, the U.S.S.R. collapsed sooner than they would have because Gorbachev liberalized the political system of the U.S.S.R. in addition to the economy. Liberalizing the political system allowed people to freely express themselves, which eventually led to massive demonstrations in Eastern Europe, and which led to the collapse of the U.S.S.R.

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