• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The only reason it stayed cold the whole time is that both sides had nukes. Even the most adamant of chicken hawks hesitated to pull the trigger with the consequence of the world becoming uninhabitable hanging over our heads.

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        I’m not saying that MAD is not a thing, I’m just saying it’s a stupid thing. And that the cold war ended when both parties eventually realized that

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          5 hours ago

          The cold war ended when the Soviet Union ran out of money. And frankly, there are still people trying to keep it going.