flamieraDec 7

What was good while it lasted?

What was good while it lasted?

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Show threadSkullgridDec 7
end of soviet union to 9/11
Show threadhiggsbosonDec 7
the liberal international order
Show threadSkullgrid

the liberal international order

🤷

There’s always bad shit happening somewhere. I specified this timeframe as it signified an end to the looming threat of nuclear annihilation and before the start of the “war on terror” which signified a start of a ramping up of civil rights abuses in the west.

My view is biased towards the west, but everyone has their own frame of reference. I am entitled to my frame of reference, as are you, and you are free to post your own timeframe you believe is “good while it lasted”.

Dec 7 at 6:41pmWeb
Show threadhiggsbosonDec 7
I was agreeing with you… but okay. The time period you specified is dominated by the largely uncontested ascendancy of the liberal international order, aka the West.
Show threadSkullgridDec 7
Idfk man, you’re saying it in a context that invokes the same mood as “liberals bad, Russia utopia”
Show threadZorqueDec 7
“The West” 🙄
Show threadhiggsbosonDec 7
Oh fuck off with that. People usually mean the liberal international order when they refer to “the West.”
Show threadTrainguyromDec 8

an end to the looming threat of nuclear annihilation and before the start of the “war on terror”

There’s an underappreciated film that came out during this period called Canadian Bacon, one of John Candy’s last films. Basically the president of the United States is trying to improve his approval rating as the military industrial complex is imploding and sending the nation into a recession, so he drums up a cold war with Canada instead. Its honestly a brilliant time capsule of geopolitical sentiments at the time, as well as funny as hell

Canadian Bacon (1995) ⭐ 5.9 | Action, Comedy

1h 31m | PG

IMDb
Show threadSkullgridDec 8

Canadian Bacon,

“Surrender pronto , or we’ll level Toronto”

That’s pretty damn good

Show threadTrainguyromDec 8

We have ways of making you pronounce the letter O