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Fair enough. Arguably Cold War I wasn't much of a war either. Other than perhaps a short window after WW2, there was never a risk of a Soviet invasion in Wester
by angelzen 5y ago
Fair enough. Arguably Cold War I wasn't much of a war either. Other than perhaps a short window after WW2, there was never a risk of a Soviet invasion in Western Europe. The Soviets could barely move 10 tons of potatoes from Ukraine to Moscow, and not before losing half to frostbite.
- dundarious 5y agoI think I gave enough examples to show how it was far more of a war than whatever arrangement we currently have with China, but also that it involved a lot of violence and conventional hot wars by proxy — a lot of war stuff for a non-war. Also, the Cuban Missile Crisis/October Crisis was as Hot as a Cold War can get, given Kennedy’s advisors thought the naval blockade was tantamount to a declaration of war, and we were 2/3 of the way to a nuclear tipped torpedo hitting San Francisco Bay. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admira...
- angelzen 5y agoFair enough. What changed is that since then a Cold War ended with a clear winner and a clear loser. Opposing blocks now know there are alternate ways of winning besides hot war. Think about that during the next systemic racism training at your workplace, or as your kids don't leave your house until they are 35 because they have no path to ever afford the mortgage on a house of their own.
- dundarious 5y ago> Think about that during the next systemic racism training at your workplace, or as your kids don't leave your house until they are 35 because they have no path to ever afford the mortgage on a house of their own. I’m sure you think this was a very “based” sentence that attacked my insecurities and fears to which I say: lol. lmao