University Sysadmin, Science/Space geek, Fantasy/SF Fan, College Sports (especially Bruins!) fan. (addendum - while I loathe the authoritarian and sometimes fascistic politics growing, I may not follow back, as seeing too much fascist this/fascist that isn’t good for my mental health!)
@[email protected] eh, in many ways, the Cold War made us better, in the US at least - the pressures to do better WRT Civil Rights for all Americans would not have been the same without the ideological conflict/competition. The Pressure in the US to live up to our ideals was far higher than it is now with the GOP, for example…