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Re:The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity by jiuahweruihawi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:21AM (#24787327)
I mean, it also led to the fall of a tyrannical regime that murdered tens of millions and was every bit as sadistic and evil as Nazi Germany. So there's that.
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Re:The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity by coldtea on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:40AM (#24787504)
Did it led to that? Because the "tyrannical regime" was progressively more open since the 60s, and it fell all by itself actually...
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Re:The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity by jiuahweruihawi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:21AM (#24787807)
Well whether or not Reagan's strategy of "we win, they lose" was the cause, what's beyond dispute is that America won and the Soviets lost. To which I say, thank fucking God.
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