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-)

  • fort_burp@feddit.nlOPEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Thanks, global standards never occurred to me as possibly contributing to the collapse. Kind of like how the US has 30/127" bolts and everyone else just calls it 6 mm.

    I’m into stuff like standards for nuts/bolts or railway grades.

    I’m pretty new to Lemmy but hexbear has by far the highest concentration of cool people on the planet. First the anti-genocide stuff and now people who know what they’re about? I’m in heaven. Big hug.

    the dissolution was illegal and a coup.

    This might be a big part of what I’m missing. Do you know of any trustworthy documentaries about it?