If the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was so good why did it crumble down and lose the Cold War?

That would probably require an essay type answer, economics played a major part though, war in Afghanistan, struggling to keep up with the US, etc

Kind of ironic that America is now massively in debt and is going to be struggling to fund it's military, they'll have to make cutbacks here and there to stop themselves from collapsing in the same manner I suspect.

Steelpoint wrote:If the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was so good why did it crumble down and lose the Cold War?

^ This.

Richy wrote:That would probably require an essay type answer, economics played a major part though, war in Afghanistan, struggling to keep up with the US, etc

Kind of ironic that America is now massively in debt and is going to be struggling to fund it's military, they'll have to make cutbacks here and there to stop themselves from collapsing in the same manner I suspect.

Dude, Richy is back.

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Back again

Yeah kinda busy with studying and all, things seem kind of slow round here atm too

Soviet Union = Communists that were enemies against America

America= Land of the free, home of the brave

America 2013 = Soviet Britain

Yeah the collapse is a big thing to tackle, and people still are doing just that!

Even if the US decided, or was forced to, reduce their military funding, they are still leagues ahead of the rest of the world in that regard. I think that the US's obsession with their capitalist ideals is a bit dangerous, especially since many think any form of socialism is "evil" or words to that effect.

A good example is Health care, in my personal opinion I believe that it is the job or your Government to take care and look after their own citizens, and if they cannot do that then they have failed. My Government of Australia succeeds on this very well with Medicare, which equates to Universal Healthcare for all Australian citizens. In fact one time I got a bad case of pneumonia which could have killed me, long story short had my family been forced to pay for the hospital stay and subsequent expenditures I can safely say we would have had to have sold our house to pay. This is of course if we did not have paid medical care.

It will be interesting to see what direction the US takes in the coming years and decades. Despite what anyone may think of the US I would not want to see the US to crumble apart, simply because I don't want to see almost many millions of people be torn apart, as well as for global stability.

Capitalism isn't sustainable in the long run.

This world is soon to end anyways. It is people like you who let it happen. The only question is what happens to you while it happens, and where will you be after. There isn't anywhere to run, and nowhere to hide, when the world is one. You will all see.