Thread: Liberties of the Russian people .

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Main reasons for USSR collapse were internal. At the end of USSR people didn't really believe in soviet ideals, propaganda etc. Everybody became cynic. But yes, maybe external factors played some role. Namely, maybe aggressiveness and insane rhetorics of Reagan prolonged USSR a bit more. He gave many good confirmations to communist propaganda. We'll never know...

Can you please elaborate on the statement:

He gave many good confirmations to communist propaganda.

What did the propaganda say?

Thank you,

Scott

Originally Posted by fortheether

Can you please elaborate on the statement:

He gave many good confirmations to communist propaganda.

What did the propaganda say?

Thank you,

Scott

They said: "USA is our enemy. They hate us just because we are different, just because we are Russians. They want to destroy our country, split it into pieces. They call our country "Evil empire". All we want is to live in peace but they do not agree. They have military bases and nukes all around the USSR while USSR has no nukes near the USA. We propose mutual disarmament but they build SDI to be completely safe when they will bomb our cities. We have to unite against them to save our country and our lives. Just read what their president say and you will see. He hates us."

Funny that at the time of late USSR all of it was true. Sometimes even propaganda may be true.