• Buffaloaf@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think the dissolution of the Soviet Union really belongs on this list.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      I remember a lot of fear about “free nukes” at the time. And fearmongering about them being suitcase-sized as well.

    • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      It actually had the chance of being real bad for the entire world, the west actually spent a lot of resources to keep things stable. The Soviet Union had a lot of nukes

    • Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Depends on where one lived at the time I suppose, the Russian economy didn’t exactly do great. It wasn’t life ending for the majority of people, but then neither was Fukushima, or most of these really.