nukeM to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 8 hours agoThe Myth of the Russian Superpowerimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down12
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minus-squarerc__buggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 hours agoOh, they were a superpower as the USSR. Propping up friendly governments, supplying coups, ratfucking around where more blatant impositions wouldn’t be tolerated. It was just built on a house of cards and when it imploded it imploded big.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 hours agoThe USSR always had serious issues. They just buried it and heavily restricted civil liberties.
minus-squarerc__buggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoYes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower
Oh, they were a superpower as the USSR. Propping up friendly governments, supplying coups, ratfucking around where more blatant impositions wouldn’t be tolerated. It was just built on a house of cards and when it imploded it imploded big.
The USSR always had serious issues. They just buried it and heavily restricted civil liberties.
Yes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower