nuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoThe Myth of the Russian Superpowersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1817arrow-down17
arrow-up1810arrow-down1imageThe Myth of the Russian Superpowersh.itjust.worksnuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 days agoOh, they were a superpower as the USSR. Propping up friendly governments, supplying coups, ratfucking around where more blatant impositions wouldn’t be tolerated. It was just built on a house of cards and when it imploded it imploded big.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoYes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAnd that circles back to my original point.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·3 days agoI mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…
Oh, they were a superpower as the USSR. Propping up friendly governments, supplying coups, ratfucking around where more blatant impositions wouldn’t be tolerated. It was just built on a house of cards and when it imploded it imploded big.
Removed by mod
Yes, but they engaged in world politics as a superpower
And that circles back to my original point.
I mean, don’t look at any other superpowers you might know…