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== Diary ==
== Diary ==
=== Most powerful nation ===
1957, the eve of Mutually Assured Destruction.
The two Superpowers are about to decide if the United States can drive the Soviet Union bankrupt before itself collapsing under Mutually Assured Bankruptcy — *without blowing up the planet*.
The concept of "most powerful nation" may yet kill us all.
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=== Sputnik 1 Remembers ===
=== Sputnik 1 Remembers ===

Revision as of 09:37, 4 October 2020

Online diary of Karl Jones for Sunday October 4, 2020.

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Most powerful nation

1957, the eve of Mutually Assured Destruction.

The two Superpowers are about to decide if the United States can drive the Soviet Union bankrupt before itself collapsing under Mutually Assured Bankruptcy — *without blowing up the planet*.

The concept of "most powerful nation" may yet kill us all.

Sputnik 1 Remembers

Do you remember when the United States was no longer the most powerful nation on Earth? Sputnik-1 remembers.

Do you remember when the United States was no longer the most powerful nation on Earth?

Sputnik 1 remembers.

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