To a large extent, i agree that Stalin's economic policies were detrimental for USSR. Even though the policies helped to gain more money and became a modern state, it still had negative impacts on the people as they had poor living conditions. For example, the kulaks were forced to give their crops to the government. If they did not give, they would be shot to death or sent to gulags to do manual labour to their death, or they could give their crops but starve to death. Especially during the famine from 1932-1933 which killed many kulaks as they did not have enough food to survive. During industrialisation, many people had to work hard to achieve their quota and had earned very little income which leads them to buy vodka for meals and being drunk during working hours. This caused many people to die which their efforts wasted and suffer from extreme poverty. Hence, it caused millions of death to the people which were detrimental for USSR