Mentions (8)
"For a few decades, it was useful for many in power to strategically act as though [human rights] rights existed, and could be petitioned. It was a constructive fiction during the Cold War, when the U.S. was in an ideological competition with the USSR for the allegiance of the weak countries of the T"
"During the Cold War the Soviet Union served as a sort of counter weight to western society. The western powers that be not only had to beat the Soviet Union on an international scale but also convince its citizens that capitalism was the superior system."
"During the cold war it was well known Denver would be the fallback site for the federal government in case of nuclear war, Colorado was also where NORAD was."
"I went to this movie in a group of 4 with 2 us being aware of the cold war and WW2 and the other 2 I had to explain to them what McCarthyism was...so yeah."
"You have an amazing salary, you don't do that much, you enjoy the culture, you speak the local language well, you're extremely respected by everyone as you have your diplomatic passport, you're also respected by everyone back at home. And you might get a tiny bit of that Cold War thrill."
"These mfers still living in 1950 like it's the Cold War"
"From covid to Ukraine and Gaza to this insane election, I don't think the global geopolitical system has been this unstable since the cold war (in some areas, since WW2)."
"The ships got closer and closer each day to attack one another, which would've surely led to something involving nuclear weapons during the Cold War."