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How 1989 Reshaped the Modern World
- topkai22 7y agoI was a young (kindergarten and first grade) navy brat when the wall came down. I remember the sheer sense of joy and relief that the Cold War was ending. My community basically existed to support the nuclear forces of the United States and the knowledge that it had suddenly gotten a lot less likely that we’d all die in a nuclear fireball was clearly liberating.