<span>The 9th Amendment reads as follows: "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."</span>
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Their weaknesses included everything except the first one.
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To sum everything up: Significant foreign aid, being one of two superpowers after WWII, having economic growth so people tolerated totalitarianism and finally manpower, resources and nuclear weapons (thanks to an extensive spy network) is what allowed the Soviet Union to grow so powerful.
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