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#gorbachev

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Nathaniel Gregory

#Gorbachev created the artificial #food shortage in the #USSR in the 80's in a deliberate attempt to sabotage the USSR, not that the revisionist monster that was created was even worth saving at that point but still.

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Fort Russ · Gorbachev Created the Artificial Shortage of Food: Conditions for the Murder of the USSR - Fort RussTranslated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ 31st March, 2016 Rusmi The Perestroika in the country was purposely designed so that the products were issued with coupons. Food is the most important strategic resource. The safety and defence of the country depended on it like they depended on the presence of nuclear weapons. But today, […]
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Ray Jepson

It's notable that #Gorbachev was excited by computers in a way similar to #ai enthusiasts.

He believed computers would be able to replace the human bureaucrats that ran the Soviet economy and do a better job since they could take into account all the economic information at once.

Now, we have Musk believing the same thing is possible in the US with a much smaller scale...

#uspol#ussr
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @paraw >> in #Europe we know quite well that we do what the US say…

Irrefutable proof in #GeorgeWBush steamrolling #UN over #France's objections in 2nd #GulfWar just to avenge his dad #GeorgeHWBush.

@benroyce >> "big guy gets what he wants" or "we follow rules"

In #US, we swing like a pendulum — former is in vogue when #Republicans are in power, latter when #Democrats.

Even #Russia heeded #Reagan's call, "Mr #Gorbachev, tear down this wall" — That was a good thing in a different era.

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