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The point of The Great Game, the Cold War, was to keep the game going. Either the game ended because everyone became friends or perhaps one side folded peaceful
by neurobashing 8y ago
The point of The Great Game, the Cold War, was to keep the game going. Either the game ended because everyone became friends or perhaps one side folded peacefully, or there was a Third World War. So yeah the point was, at least in part, to maintain the status quo, since that meant nukes were in silos.
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