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minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·8 days 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-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoUkraine was a powerhouse of the USSR, wasn’t it? I think that’s why they got so much nuke power, they produced so much food
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-28 days agoThe USSR always had serious issues. They just buried it and heavily restricted civil liberties.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 days agoYes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoAnd that circles back to my original point.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·8 days agoI mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…
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.
Like when Ukraine was an SSR?
Ukraine was a powerhouse of the USSR, wasn’t it? I think that’s why they got so much nuke power, they produced so much food
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
And that circles back to my original point.
I mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…