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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 3 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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1. thriftwy ◴[30 Aug 22 21:28 UTC] No.32655356{3}[source]▶
In 1955, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Germany.

In 1995, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Russia.

In 2035, you can expect eastern europeans to be thankful again. Not sure who'd it be this time.

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2. flavius29663 ◴[30 Aug 22 22:48 UTC] No.32656152[source]▶
> In 1955, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Germany.

Not sure which Eastern Europeans you mean, but I can assure you most of those 150 mil people were not happy they got conquered by nazis or commies, it was the same amount of genocide and societal damage from both sides.

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3. thriftwy ◴[31 Aug 22 23:17 UTC] No.32669598[source]▶
The problem is that these eastern europeans are shaped by Germany and Russia.

Half of them are former german fiefdoms and other half are territories reclaimed by Russia from ottoman muslim rule.