. Just like in Adam Curtis’ film, as the soviet union was collapsing economically, everybody knew it.
For some reason I don't see this enough. Y'know, a lot of analysts in the 70's and 80's thought that the US and USSR were starting to look very similar in how they operated. That idea was "disproven" when the USSR collapsed but honestly I think that it was correct, we just had some more gas in the tank to keep on keeping on for a bit longer but I think we're gonna go down the same way
True to a degree. Both sides lied about the USSR being socialist. The soviets, because it was popular amongst their people; and the Americans because it was not popular. (Credit to chomsky.)
For some reason I don't see this enough. Y'know, a lot of analysts in the 70's and 80's thought that the US and USSR were starting to look very similar in how they operated. That idea was "disproven" when the USSR collapsed but honestly I think that it was correct, we just had some more gas in the tank to keep on keeping on for a bit longer but I think we're gonna go down the same way
The CIA had a big incentive to exaggerate the "threat" of the USSR in order to continue to justify their mission.
True to a degree. Both sides lied about the USSR being socialist. The soviets, because it was popular amongst their people; and the Americans because it was not popular. (Credit to chomsky.)