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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by gadders on Friday March 10, 2023 @07:23AM (#35093503)
No, by outspending them militarily, encouraging Solidarity in Poland, and forcing Gobarchev to realise the inevitable.
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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by MengerSponge on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:10AM (#35094465)
Encouraging Solidarity in Poland was the right call, but it's not likely that different leaders would have opposed it.

"Neither the strong nor the weak version of the proposition that American defense spending bankrupted the Soviet economy and forced an end to the Cold War is sustained by the evidence."

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/politics/foreign/reagr...

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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by gadders on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:46AM (#35094879)
I hardly think you can expect an unbiassed opinion from Gorbachev.
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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by MengerSponge on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:02PM (#35112095)
I expect Gorbachev to be wildly biased, which is why I don't attach much credence to his statements.
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