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I have no doubt that Western corporations profited massively from the collapse of the nation. The Soviet regime could build big roads and railway systems and heavy industry because that just meant they could throw a lot of labor at it. But if you go into a shop in Russia, you couldn't get a watch that worked or a lighter that actually could create flames. That was the paradox of the economy. So that came to an end in the 1970s. And it just happened that when Reagan turned the screws in terms of the arms rivalry, that was the end of the...
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