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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bediger4000 ◴[30 Aug 22 20:56 UTC] No.32654941[source]▶
I was taught that Ronald Reagan ended the cold war and gave us the longest lasting economic boom.
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INTPenis ◴[30 Aug 22 21:00 UTC] No.32654994[source]▶
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle, in the sense that it never ended. It only took a back seat in the media while Russia was disorganized.
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flavius29663 ◴[30 Aug 22 21:01 UTC] No.32655008[source]▶
it ended for 150 or so million people in Eastern Europe, that were freed from Russia.
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ProAm ◴[30 Aug 22 21:05 UTC] No.32655055[source]▶
Ended or postponed?
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1. aaaaaaaaata ◴[30 Aug 22 21:14 UTC] No.32655173{3}[source]▶
He ended, Trump sorta suspended?