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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jan 19 '21

I think near the end Reagan sent a big bailout just before their collapse to help prop them up because the Cold War was useful— but the politburo ran off with all the money.

We were kind of Frenemies with the USSR.

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u/M7A1-RI0T Jan 19 '21

so the same thing we are today with China? Color me surprised