You guys know the real history, I'd be reading propaganda if I went on any other website

So tell me, real short, what triggered the collapse. Especially when it seemed to be doing well in the 80s.

Okay, you can get wordy if you really need to.

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    My mom, meanwhile, was getting worried about the neverending war in Afghanistan - my brother was born in '87 and she was like, fuck what if it continues on long enough that he gets conscripted in it???

    Haha boy I sure am glad that's all in the past and nothing like that is happening now

    • sailorfish [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Guess it's time for the Americans to collapse their system like my mom did hers. :)

    • ComradeMikey [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      ironically alfganistan always strikes back, 2 superpowers taken down by trying to square up. that would be wild if you look at it that way

      (i know it’s indirectly its just kinda surreal)

    • joshuaism [he/him]
      15·
      4 years ago

      God please tell me they immigrated to the US and their son ended up enlisting to pay for college.

      • sailorfish [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        We emigrated to Austria and my brother went to uni for cheap and I for free. :) Why the fuck would you want my family to have contributed to the horrors of the US war machine as a gotcha lmao

        • joshuaism [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Just eager to see some sweet dramatic irony because the lives of anonymous internet posters are as real to me as a story in a movie. Actually glad things worked out for you and your fam irl.