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RagnarokAngel
Oct 5, 2006

Black Magic Extraordinaire

gradenko_2000 posted:

In our reality, America won the Cold War, the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of unsustainable Communism, and became a lovely capitalist country with a mean authoritarian streak.

What would a "the Soviet Union wins the Cold War" scenario look like? How does the United States "collapse" via political and socioeconomic turmoil without the Soviet Union ever having fired a shot in anger?

I don't think America would collapse the same way the soviet union did in our reality, a lot of factors would make that unlikely. It's probable that America would just sort of revert back to isolationist policies like it did pre WW1 and 2 and not have the same effect on the world stage as it once did.

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RagnarokAngel
Oct 5, 2006

Black Magic Extraordinaire

wiregrind posted:

what if the US didn't sponsor monstrous right-wing dictatorships all over south america during the cold war?

We'd all be speaking Russian, comrade :ussr:

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