Why Did Powerful Forms of Authoritarianism, Such as in the Soviet

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Essay

Why did powerful forms of authoritarianism, such as in the Soviet Union, eventually fail? Why do such systems often collapse?

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Definitions:

Labour and Overhead

Combined costs associated with the workforce (labour) and indirect expenses (overhead) necessary for production but not directly tied to specific units of product.

Process Costing System

An accounting method used where production is continuous, assigning costs to units of product based on the processes they undergo.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of ending inventory and cost of goods sold based on the average cost of all similar items in the inventory.

Process Costing System

An accounting method used where goods are produced in a continuous process, costs are averaged over the units produced to determine per unit cost.