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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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credit_guy ◴[31 Aug 22 01:43 UTC] No.32657387[source]▶
Rest in peace Sir. Because of you hundreds of millions of people are living a better life. A pity that Putin came shortly after and is in the active process of destroying a country (or two). But you couldn't control that. You did more than most people in the world to move humankind towards a better place.
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jim180 ◴[31 Aug 22 11:45 UTC] No.32660927[source]▶
Um, no. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Events_(Lithuania)
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1. credit_guy ◴[31 Aug 22 12:06 UTC] No.32661089[source]▶
I know. Nobody's perfect. But on balance, he did much more good than evil.