[HLPhat]

>>Imo, the only hope Soviet Union had to exist intact for the long haul was to not be communist in the first place.

Funny thing is there are corporate collectives in the USA today, including the 2nd largest (employee "owned") bank in Colorado, that essentially operate under Jesuit/Marxist doctrine.

The easiest way for Soviet Union to survive?

Simple:

Don't get sucked into the delusional arms race for the benefit of the enterprise General/President Eisenhower tried to warn Americans about:

Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial Complex" Speech

Origins and Significance

US National Archives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y

[Grimmy]

The only reason such Jesuit/Marxist doctrined outfits are able to survive now is because the economy is kept afloat by non Jesuit/Marxist doctrined entities and businesses.

Communism is fail. The only time and place communism in any form seems to not fail is when it is supported by other non-fail structures.

[henkster]

Don't get sucked into the delusional arms race for the benefit of the enterprise General/President Eisenhower tried to warn Americans about:

Yet another problem the USSR had, which was part of being the USSR. From an economic perspective, they never stopped fighting World War 2. The tractor factories they evacuated to the Urals ahead of the advancing Germans were converted to tank production to win the war. After they won the war, they never converted them back.

[xone]

including the 2nd largest (employee "owned") bank in Colorado

Which bank is it?