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its the end of the rule as we know it (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

For me, the first world (i.e. the part of the world allied with the US) had a common enemy to get behind and that allowed people to live in peace for 1.5 generations or so. When the USSR collapsed, that bogeyman suddenly disappeared and the infighting started nearly instantly.