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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (378952)4/18/2008 3:12:55 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1576167
 
"Pretty easy to claim now that the wall was coming apart from within way back in the early 80's."

There were lots of people talking about it back then. By the early 1980s. By that time, the standard of living in some of the Eastern Bloc was higher than in Moscow. Now, granted, no one was expected total collapse in less than a decade. But it was pretty obvious the wheels were coming off and that major changes would have to be made.

I was expecting them to move towards a trade-driven model and more engagement with the West. Resulting in a decrease in the threat they offered. But, instead, they sat there with a deer in the headlights look on their face and...
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