Wow, so scary! For me, the USSR was never scary or evil while it still existed. It was afterwards that all the "dirty laundry" was aired and everyone thought America was so lovely in comparison with the USSR. People were like "Oh, Americans were right all along - the USSR was terrible, fancy that!" People who had previously been the biggest USSR supporters and communists suddenly denied everything and went on holiday to Disneyland..... almost!

It's not until recently that Europeans are waking up and thinking -wait a second, how many wars are the Americans going to start, and why should the whole world circle around their bankrupt economy and oil dependency...

I am impressed that a famous magazine like New Yorker writes about this though.
Hopefully lots of people will read the article and stop to think..... !