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It would be inconsistent if the Soviet Union took that line in their own public messaging, but no one is alleging that.

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• aguaviva 2y ago
  There's no need to "allege" that they did. There was tons of propaganda to that effect in 1950s/1960s (just as there was in the U.S. at the time, though this has been largely forgotten). For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/k4iggr/atom_for_peaceful_purposes_soviet_poster_1960/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/k4iggr/a... It's also why the Chornobyl facility was officially named the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, and so on. The only thing they didn't do was "promote anti-nuclear propaganda in the West".
  • philwelch 2y ago
    Nobody is arguing that the Soviets were opposed to nuclear power in their own country. Why are you obsessed with attacking these idiotic straw men?
    • aguaviva 2y ago
      Nobody is arguing that ... And no one said that they were, nor are they "attacking" that point of view.