The most obvious is the 1986 Chernobyl event for me.

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I think that the biggest shake-up that comes to mind for me would be the French and US going through the proposed plan to use atomic bombs against the Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu. The use of atomic weapons in this colonial context would lead to global shifts in culture and politics.

    • thecrabsbelow [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      this is good but I'm probably going to reserve my first post-WWII nuking for Washington DC.