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OT History Buffs - Collapse of Communism
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:10 am
I was just a youngster in the late 80s and early 90s, but this period of history fascinates me.
Reagan's Speech at the Berlin Wall, the failed coup on Gorbachev, drunken Yeltsin standing on tanks, the execution of Romanian dictator Ceausescu
Those that lived this, what are your memories? I've read several books on the subject, but it doesn't match living it.
*Obligatory paging Darth Vader*
Reagan's Speech at the Berlin Wall, the failed coup on Gorbachev, drunken Yeltsin standing on tanks, the execution of Romanian dictator Ceausescu
Those that lived this, what are your memories? I've read several books on the subject, but it doesn't match living it.
*Obligatory paging Darth Vader*
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 10:11 am
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Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:11 am to Mr Personality
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the execution of Romanian dictator Ceacescu
and his countbag wife. Awesome moment in history.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:15 am to Mr Personality
My memories from that time include my first day of school, skinning my knee after falling from my snazzy roller blades, and cutting my grandma's plum tree down when I was only supposed to rake its leaves. I peed the bed some, too.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:15 am to Mr Personality
Poliboard history says Reagan, considered the greatest US President in history, used his laser vision to tear down the wall and freed millions of commie slaves.
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 10:18 am
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:16 am to SabiDojo
Gorbachev couldn't be taken seriously with that stain on his head
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:17 am to SabiDojo
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Poliboard history says Reagan, considered the greatest US President in history, used his laser vision to tear down the wall and frees millions of commie slave
Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean it didn't really happen.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:18 am to Mr Personality
INB4 communism is great if it is done right.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:18 am to Mr Personality
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I was just a youngster in the late 80s and early 90s, but this period of history fascinates me.
Reagan's Speech at the Berlin Wall, the failed coup on Gorbachev, drunken Yeltsin standing on tanks, the execution of Romanian dictator Ceausescu
You forgot the central event which directly ended the Cold War and ended Communism
LINK
"What I'm trying to say is...If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!"
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 10:20 am
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:21 am to SabiDojo
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Poliboard history says Reagan, considered the greatest US President in history, used his laser vision to tear down the wall and freed millions of commie slaves.
And you disagree?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:21 am to Mr Personality
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I've read several books on the subject, but it doesn't match living it.
I was only 3 when the USSR collapsed but there are alot of good documentaries on YouTube about it. Just end of communism and take your pick.
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*Obligatory paging Darth Vader*
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:23 am to Pectus
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INB4 communism is great if it is done right.
It is if done right
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:25 am to Mr Personality
I remember being completely ecstatic and having a laugh at my Poli Sci professor who only a year earlier told me the Soviet Union was destined to win as it was a "superior" system. The same type people then celebrated Communism are the same people now who are making taking America FORWARD with all their SJW master plans.
It's the same endless Leftist instinct to watch the world burn under the guise of "equality". They fricking LOVE the idea of humanity, they just hate all the fricking actual humans and want to make 1000 rules and regulations to strip them of their rights and nanny them with all their bullshite .
It's the same endless Leftist instinct to watch the world burn under the guise of "equality". They fricking LOVE the idea of humanity, they just hate all the fricking actual humans and want to make 1000 rules and regulations to strip them of their rights and nanny them with all their bullshite .
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:25 am to REG861
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You forgot the central event which directly ended the Cold War and ended Communism LINK "What I'm trying to say is...If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!"
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:30 am to Mr Personality
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Reagan's Speech at the Berlin Wall
It was one of the highlights of my youth, as well as the fall of the wall and the reunification of Germany.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:32 am to Mr Personality
When Gorbachev (a continued, dedicated supporter of Communism, BTW) was given the Nobel Peace Prize and it wasn't at least shared with Reagan - that tells you all you need to know about the award. The guy that ACTUALLY won the Cold War and ACTUALLY secured peace (for however brief a moment) between the U.S. and Russia is ignored in favor of a Communist dictator who just didn't do anything to stop a revolution.
(Yeltsin didn't get any international awards, either, for that matter. Now, in hindsight, he put Putin in position to be the "new" dictator of Russia, but he should have been awarded for standing firm against the Soviets.)
(Yeltsin didn't get any international awards, either, for that matter. Now, in hindsight, he put Putin in position to be the "new" dictator of Russia, but he should have been awarded for standing firm against the Soviets.)
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:33 am to Ace Midnight
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When Gorbachev (a continued, dedicated supporter of Communism, BTW) was given the Nobel Peace Prize and it wasn't at least shared with Reagan - that tells you all you need to know about the award. The guy that ACTUALLY won the Cold War and ACTUALLY secured peace (for however brief a moment) between the U.S. and Russia is ignored in favor of a Communist dictator who just didn't do anything to stop a revolution.
THis is one of the worst descriptions of Gorbachev I have ever read, congratulations.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:39 am to REG861
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THis is one of the worst descriptions of Gorbachev I have ever read, congratulations.
What are you, his biographer? I just laugh when people try to hold up Gorby - often the same people who denigrate Reagan. Reagan led a revolution, too. And to much greater success than Mikhail Sergeyevich.
Just like American leftists - Gorbachev didn't think there was anything wrong with communism, just that it needed to be done "correctly". All of his restructuring and openness did precipitate the collapse of the Soviet Union, but that was certainly not his intention. Where am I wrong?
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:40 am to REG861
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You forgot the central event which directly ended the Cold War and ended Communism
LINK
Would I be banned if I admitted that I have never seen any of the Rocky movies?
Just kidding I have seen them all multiple times.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:42 am to WeeWee
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Would I be banned if I admitted that I have never seen any of the Rocky movies?
No it would just make you a Communist
Posted on 5/20/15 at 10:51 am to REG861
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Collapse of Communism
Not So Fast My Friend
Barack Hussein Obama
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