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Yes. Also, fitting the USSR into the extended framework, by not recognizing that it already was in the framework to begin with. IIRC Wikipedia says the term wa
by trelane 9mo ago
Yes. Also, fitting the USSR into the extended framework, by not recognizing that it already was in the framework to begin with.
IIRC Wikipedia says the term was coined ca. 1950s, so it could be argued that the USSR's decline was already factored into the term.
- QuercusMax 9mo ago> IIRC Wikipedia says the term was coined ca. 1950s, so it could be argued that the USSR's decline was already factored into the term. What? The Soviets got the bomb in 1949 and launched Sputnik in 1957. That makes no sense.
- trelane 9mo agoThat success was not evenly distributed.
- QuercusMax 9mo agoRegardless, the Soviet Union was very far from collapsing in the 1950s. Again, what are you talking about?