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minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 day 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-up11·23 hours agoYes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoAnd that circles back to my original point.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·21 hours 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.
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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…