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A comment on Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks. Parent comment

Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by gadders on Sunday September 11, 2022 @10:10AM (#32799753)
You'd have preferred Soviet Russia?
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by hollywood_court on Sunday September 11, 2022 @10:28AM (#32799897)
I don’t remember saying that.
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by snovv_crash on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:00AM (#32800163)
The issue is that the Soviet Union was the other viable contender for superpower during the CIA-in-South-America days.
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by carschno on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:19AM (#32800343)
Apart from the superpowers, there were also significant political forces that were supporting democracy and social justice. On the other hand, both USA and USSR actively (and succesfully) fought them. I don't see any sense in calling either of the superpowers preferable in this context.
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by ethanbond on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:31AM (#32800473)
Yes things could’ve been different and maybe better if you subtract huge amounts of reality (like the existence of rival empires)
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by solveit on Sunday September 11, 2022 @01:54PM (#32801719)
The point of the word "preferable", is that it means something different to the word "good".
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by neonsunset on Sunday September 11, 2022 @01:48PM (#32801660)
What makes you think democracy and social justice are compatible? What’s your definition on the latter?
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by feet on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:32AM (#32808583)
Do you really think the CIA stopped being in South America?
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Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks by d0mine on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:41AM (#32800562)
Does it exist? Did US stop?
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