The Soviet Union Is Gone, but It’s Still Collapsing

[2tallbill]

I saw this on a news feed and I thought I would post it here
to see if any on topic discussion might result. This is a collection
of 6 articles written by 6 different authors.

Please note that I didn't write ANY of these articles and I
am posting them for discussion purposes and not because
I agree with everything or anything these authors write.

Calm discussion might be too big of a goal for our peanut
gallery, but I thought I would give it a shot.

Serhii Plokhy: The Soviet Union Is Still Collapsing
Bill Browder: Abandonment Has Consequences
Dmitri Trenin: Ideology Should Not Guide Foreign Policy
Nargis Kassenova: Russia Can’t Lead Through Imperialism
Alexander Cooley: Globalization Only Enriched and Empowered Autocrats
Andrei Soldatov: Moscow Is Still Sacrificing Innovation for State Security

The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing
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[krimster2]

and yet, you still don't see the connection to what happened in the CCCP
with what's about to happen here....
now DO YA?

I hope you're not sending your kid to school next month as a sacrifice for the economy...
the Mayan idea that if you sacrifice enough people, it'll please the Gods
Unfortunately didn't work out...
all they did was just kill a buncha people, and the gods were STILL pissed...
so, don't fall for that again...