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Alex
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ok so basically the contention here is russians are crazy. they're crazy and they want to dominate the world, and the western powers are so rational and so democratic and they taught the russians that if they kill us we kill them back
idk dude that. mmm.
— Sep 10, 2026 04:02PM
idk dude that. mmm.
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Alex
is on page 156 of 352
first of all the whole humphrey's "politics of joy" and getting his ass beaten by nixon is so kamala 2024. humphrey with vietnam being the incumbent vice president etc etc etc. crazy
second gaddis literally cannot stop himself from being yeah so the kent state massacre happened. but one's gotta wonder how much those stupid idiot college students would like being in one of mao's re-education camps!!
like it's. a lot
— 9 hours, 17 min ago
second gaddis literally cannot stop himself from being yeah so the kent state massacre happened. but one's gotta wonder how much those stupid idiot college students would like being in one of mao's re-education camps!!
like it's. a lot
Alex
is on page 120 of 352
ok so basically capitalism needed adjustments so as to not throw the world back into the circumstances that were ripe for ww2 and communism was dumb and also stupid and only for authoritarians
— Sep 12, 2026 03:48PM
Alex
is on page 50 of 352
🤨 unfortunately it's entirely possible to me that primitive nuclear fire was exchanged in korea during the cold war so that had me fooled
putting the book down for tonight, dr. gaddis
— Sep 08, 2026 07:30PM
putting the book down for tonight, dr. gaddis
Alex
is on page 49 of 352
i'm so zoomed out i feel like i'm in an out of focus civ vi map
like i think this is a primer but the causation is so limited im like wait how the hell are we over here. what do you mean
— Sep 08, 2026 07:09PM
like i think this is a primer but the causation is so limited im like wait how the hell are we over here. what do you mean