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🚩 THE DAY A SUPERPOWER VANISHED

December 26, 1991: The Soviet Union ceased to exist. No war. No invasion. Just economic collapse. This is the story of how central planning, once believed to be the future of humanity, became the greatest economic failure in modern history.

📍 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - The Empire That Defied The World
03:00 - The Rotten System: Why Central Planning Failed
06:00 - The Fall Begins: Oil, Afghanistan, and Gorbachev
09:00 - Lessons and Legacy: Why It Still Matters

💰 *KEY FACTS:*
• 290 million people
• 70 years of central planning
• GDP fell 40% after collapse
• $0 oil revenue collapsed the system
• Largest peacetime economic catastrophe

🏛️ *TOPICS COVERED:*
Central planning vs free markets, Gosplan, collectivization, perverse incentives, black market economy, oil dependence, Afghanistan War, glasnost & perestroika, fall of Berlin Wall, economic freedom, Soviet nostalgia, oligarchs, lessons for today

⚠️ *WHY THIS MATTERS NOW:*
The temptation to centrally plan economies never disappeared. The Soviet collapse proved that prosperity comes from freedom, not control. These lessons are more relevant today than ever.

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