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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 2:33 AM
Gorbachev's role in the collapse of the Sovet Union-Part 1
Was Gorbachev responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union? It has been much debated that Gorbachev was fully responsible for the collapse of the Sovet Union. We feel that this might not necessarily be so. Gorbachev was blamed to cause the collapse of the Soviet Union due to his policies. The policies og Gorbachev aimed to reform the nation, however, in many cases the aimes of the policies were not fully achieved and there were even some consequences of his policies. If we look into Gorbachev's policy of freedom of speech, media and the press, the policy did indeed achieve its aims, which was for the freedom of speech, media and the press. However, many people say that this actually cause the nation to be in chaos, since the media were no longer under the control of the government which eventually led to the collapse of the Sovet Union. Even though the freedom of speech, media and the press might have caused the government to lose control of the media, however, the government were able to know what the people really wanted and what the people actually feel about the nation, government, leadership and the polices. The freedom of speech, media and the press might have not caused the collapse of the Sovet Union but instead to allow the leaders of Sovet Union, including Gorbachev, to be able to know what the people wanted and thought. The leaders can therefore implement policies accrding to what the people wanted. This, instead of causing the collapse of the Sovet Union, might caused the Soviet Union to be existence for a longer time. If we look into Gorbachev's way of Government spending, it was argued that the reduction in military spending caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, we think otherwise. The previous leaders before Gorbachev increased the military spending of Soviet Union, hoping that the Soviet Union could take the lead or at least catch up with America in terms of its military, this was especially so during the Soviet invasion of Afganistan. However, in many cases the military spending was far too much and caused spending for other parts of the economy was greatly limited, one such example would be for the production of consumer goods. Therefore Gorbachev reduced the military spending of Soviet Union to be used in the other sectors. We feel that Gorbachev's way of military spending increased the spending on the other sectors and greatly increased the living standards in the Soviet Union. If we look at the economy of the Soviet Union under the time of Gorbachev, many capitalist features were introduced into the economy, such as private ownership of the businesses. This actually caused more people to be able to break free of the poverty cycle as people were able to own businesses and the running of the various enterprises would be also alot faster as compared to the running of the enterprises under state control.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 2:33 AM
Gorbachev's role in the collapse of the Sovet Union-Part 1
Was Gorbachev responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union? It has been much debated that Gorbachev was fully responsible for the collapse of the Sovet Union. We feel that this might not necessarily be so. Gorbachev was blamed to cause the collapse of the Soviet Union due to his policies. The policies og Gorbachev aimed to reform the nation, however, in many cases the aimes of the policies were not fully achieved and there were even some consequences of his policies. If we look into Gorbachev's policy of freedom of speech, media and the press, the policy did indeed achieve its aims, which was for the freedom of speech, media and the press. However, many people say that this actually cause the nation to be in chaos, since the media were no longer under the control of the government which eventually led to the collapse of the Sovet Union. Even though the freedom of speech, media and the press might have caused the government to lose control of the media, however, the government were able to know what the people really wanted and what the people actually feel about the nation, government, leadership and the polices. The freedom of speech, media and the press might have not caused the collapse of the Sovet Union but instead to allow the leaders of Sovet Union, including Gorbachev, to be able to know what the people wanted and thought. The leaders can therefore implement policies accrding to what the people wanted. This, instead of causing the collapse of the Sovet Union, might caused the Soviet Union to be existence for a longer time. If we look into Gorbachev's way of Government spending, it was argued that the reduction in military spending caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, we think otherwise. The previous leaders before Gorbachev increased the military spending of Soviet Union, hoping that the Soviet Union could take the lead or at least catch up with America in terms of its military, this was especially so during the Soviet invasion of Afganistan. However, in many cases the military spending was far too much and caused spending for other parts of the economy was greatly limited, one such example would be for the production of consumer goods. Therefore Gorbachev reduced the military spending of Soviet Union to be used in the other sectors. We feel that Gorbachev's way of military spending increased the spending on the other sectors and greatly increased the living standards in the Soviet Union. If we look at the economy of the Soviet Union under the time of Gorbachev, many capitalist features were introduced into the economy, such as private ownership of the businesses. This actually caused more people to be able to break free of the poverty cycle as people were able to own businesses and the running of the various enterprises would be also alot faster as compared to the running of the enterprises under state control.
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