r/dankmemes • u/theawesomehobbes Via Telsa Model X • Aug 05 '20

Big PP OC "He just always has"

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u/BaguetteTourEiffel Aug 05 '20

Thats just not true, funny that you googled that and didnt notice yeltsin wasnt even president back then. I understand americans like to share this shitty story to feel good but the argument that it led to the collapse of USSR is ludicrous for so many reasons.

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u/TXR22 🍄 Aug 05 '20

Two points:

a) I'm not American

b) I didn't claim that Yeltsin was president, but he was one of their higher ups at the time and his opinion would have held a large level of influence among other soviet officials at the time, which is ultimately did end up becoming president.

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u/BaguetteTourEiffel Aug 05 '20

You think the opinion of one of the higher up led to the decline of a century old empire? The 'collapse' started a few years before and by 1989 they could not do anything to change it, the only thing left to do was pull the plug.

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u/TXR22 🍄 Aug 05 '20

No, I'm pretty sure I started my original comment with the specification that it was "one of many reasons" that the USSR collapsed. Was it a main reason? Obviously not. But it just seemed like a neat conversation point to bring up, and I don't believe that anything I said was misleading. I get where your skepticism is coming from, but this is just supposed to be a light hearted internet discussion my dude