I figured I’d ask here since you comrades know history and are on talking terms with reality, unlike a lot of stuff that is available to read online. I am really looking for a short answer, although I know there were many factors playing out over a long long time. Just the bullet points, if you please.

Edit: Thank you for these awesome answers, a lot of exactly what I was looking for and a lot of new directions to explore. Y’all really are the dope-ass bear B-)

  • ColombianLenin [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    the lack of computer utilization in the central planning process.

    Red Pen or the Marxist Project has a vid on soviet cybernetics, where they show that the issue boiled down to bureaucratism causing the death of the project.