Many at the time and today called Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost "too little too late". With the Soviet Union in shambles, opening the press only highlighted the country's myriad problems. Combined with tepid economic reforms, these policies arguably shattered confidence in the USSR further. Ignoring plausibility, what if Gorbachev had more time? Would his reforms have worked in the 60s before straits became dire, or would the Soviet Union's collapse be inevitable?