• Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    I think on a long enough timeline it could be said Gorbachev killed more people than WW2. Because what he really did was he dismantled the nation best equipped to handle climate change, and to help others handle climate change. :doomjak:

    • Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      While the Soviets had some terrible environmental policies (their role in whaling, for instance.) on the whole they were better than the USA, and they were concerned about climate change in the mid 70s, and established the first predictive models about it.