nukeM to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 10 hours agoThe Myth of the Russian Superpowerimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down12
arrow-up1481arrow-down1imageThe Myth of the Russian SuperpowernukeM to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarerc__buggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·9 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-up10·edit-27 hours agoThe USSR always had serious issues. They just buried it and heavily restricted civil liberties.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…
minus-squarerc__buggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 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.
I mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…
Yes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower