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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by manigandham on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:49PM (#23742796)
They seemed to have been destroyed by more external forces like a failed economy, mass starvation and political strife.
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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by vbezhenar on Monday July 06, 2020 @10:12AM (#23748035)
There was no mass starvation at the end of the USSR and economy was in OK state (considering low oil prices).
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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by uncletaco on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:50PM (#23742807)
How is any of that external?
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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by manigandham on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:51PM (#23742811)
Compared to an internal "mindset"?
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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by uncletaco on Sunday July 05, 2020 @07:07PM (#23742930)
The previous comment said something to the affect of how the US destroyed the USSR but the problems you mentioned are all problems that are "internal" to a nation. I don't see where the jump was made to talking about individuals vs the internal problems that plagued the USSR.
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Re:Internet mob justice can easily destroy innocent lives (2... by manigandham on Sunday July 05, 2020 @07:22PM (#23743060)
Maybe I understood it wrong because they said "mindset" instead of "internal".

To me, seeding ideas is internal to the people and society leading to chaos, as compared to external and physical forces like starvation, oppression and lack of infrastructure.

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