magz wrote:
Traditionally, I warn against using youtube as a source of information - its algorithms work in a way reinforcing any bias a person previously had.
Now, seriously on the topic, from the point of view of this part of the world - the Cold War ended because the Eastern Bloc collapsed economically, which gave a huge opportunity to pro-Western movements within it.
Salad's original post is ...well its hard to tell whether its a lame attempt at being serious...or whether its an inept attempt at being funny. (Sorry Salad if Im sounding a bit blunt- but on this site you never be sure where some folks are coming from).
But since we all know that the Rocky movies are fiction, and not "documentaries" I think that we can assume that Salad is being tongue in cheek, so I choose to run with that interpretation.
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But yes...the Communist Bloc essentially failed economically, and defeated itself.
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