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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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lapcat ◴[30 Aug 22 21:07 UTC] No.32655071[source]▶
The United States didn't do enough to help Russia transition to democracy in the 1990s. There was no "Marshall Plan" after the Cold War like there was after World War II. This was a huge mistake, and we see the consequences now, with Russia having turned back toward totalitarianism and imperialism. Sadly, it seems that Gorbachev's efforts were mostly for naught. But it was courageous at the time to open up the Soviet Union to glasnost and perestroika.

Of course Yeltsin was a big part of the problem too.

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cjbgkagh[dead post] ◴[30 Aug 22 21:20 UTC] No.32655250[source]▶
1. Tarq0n ◴[30 Aug 22 21:23 UTC] No.32655288[source]▶
That's a very serious claim, could you please provide some citations?
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2. cjbgkagh ◴[30 Aug 22 21:33 UTC] No.32655408[source]▶
A peer comment reminded me of the name 'shock therapy', the think tank was called 'Harvard institute for international development'.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/22/1087654279/how...

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/harvard-boys-do-russ...

My original comment has been flagged. I'd like to know why. If I'm wrong I'd like to be corrected.

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3. pessimizer ◴[30 Aug 22 22:00 UTC] No.32655734[source]▶
It was flagged for not sufficiently praising the awful behavior of the US during and after the fall of the USSR.
4. saalweachter ◴[30 Aug 22 22:36 UTC] No.32656041[source]▶
If I had to guess, it's because George Soros is often used as synecdoche for "the vast Jewish conspiracy" by anti-Semites, so your comment sounds an awful lot like "the Jews are responsible for ruining Russia".

Which, uh, sounds a lot like anti-Semitic rhetoric not uncommon in, among other places, Russia.