How to Win the Cold War
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Publicado 2024-01-12
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The Cold War had a very unique origin in that the main adversaries (the United States and the Soviet Union) had just previously been allies in a separate, historically monumental war. Taken at face value, one might hear that sentence and imagine the Cold War took the combatants by surprise, how could friends so quickly become enemies, after all? But the great irony was that not only was the Cold War not a surprise, but both sides knew it was coming. Even when they had been allies. The Cold War was as pure of a war of ideologies as one could get, not a war of armies and weapons, but one of influence and power. The United States sought to align the world with their capitalist economic model while the Soviets put their effort into reinforcing the communist model, this clash of economic ideologies led to a lot of tension, amplified by the fact that if one side was pushed too hard, nukes would follow. That possibility made this war one of the scariest, even though no shots were fired. For as Albert Einstein is often quoted to have said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
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A vodka-cooled nuclear bomber with a history of structural failure and a +20% mortality rate is the most Soviet thing I’ve ever heard of
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I can't be the only one that finds it hilarious that a single plane piloted by someone with 50 hours of experience total flying an aircraft managed to get further into Russian territory than the German army did.
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I don't know what's more insane about the tale of Mathias Rust, that he actually thought his plan would work, or that he got as far as he did. Also, a nuclear bomber that kills a lot of it's pilots and has vodka for coolant is the most Russian thing I've ever heard.
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"Kind of like my college degree" I felt that🤣
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Alex is going to be one well adjusted* and educated man once BlueJay’s done with him. *results may vary
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The number of references I've seen to Laika in popular culture (including a sci-fi book or two in which she was actually rescued by aliens) is simultaneously heart-warming and heart-breaking.
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“Hilter’s first good painting” 💀
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Laika didn't die in space. She did develop superpowers from being bathed in cosmic rays and went off to fight the evil Galactic Empire.
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I love how he's able to animate true and pure terror in the speech and visuals of people. None of the screaming sounds fake or overdone but a bit too natural. 8:24 is definetly how I think people would react to somebody getting blown to bits in front of them
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Laika was the third dog for that particular mission as far as I’m aware, the first two escaped during training but Laika was docile and calm for a stray coming out of Moscow, and she was put through rushed training due to time crunch.
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11:21 Thing is: The Soviets actually topped this too. They gifted the US ambassador to, I think it was the USSR, a gigantic wooden US state sigil. 100% made out of wood. Thought there was a trick in the way it was hollowed out in some places. If you targeted it at a specific wavelength, you could hear what was going on in the room through the vibrations of the wood. That's some really crazy stuff.
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The "coke for black neighborhoods" line is pure gold! 😂😊
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As a Bulgarian I love our umbrellas.
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I love how you water boarded the plushy to make sure it would not tell 🤣
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Literally the history field needs content like this. I’m a barber by profession, but I love history. I buy almost exclusively history books and watch quality history content nearly every day, but so many clients I have had absolutely shit boring teachers (and tbh curriculum caused some of that). They always say they can’t stand history, then I’ll tell my favorite history stories to them in a lively goofy way cracking jokes and they change their minds. You do some of the best history videos I’ve ever seen. They’re completely unhinged and that makes how thorough and dense they are more fun to absorb. You make history videos that are highly rewatchable. That’s honestly invaluable.
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Already made a comment but just got to this part. 17:30 My granddad worked for PepsiCo for 25 years, he was with them during the sale of those ships for the scrap value. The sheer volume of Pepsi being imported by the USSR meant that they could simply not keep up to demand with just the vodka export, so PepsiCo used other exports that were available. Since the Rouble is a closed economy, PepsiCo accepted things like apples or decommissioned warships for scrap/sale value. Anything that could be bought and sold was used pay for the Pepsi import.
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I love the anecdote about the TU-22 from Paper Skies: the Russian military was dissuaded from finding alternatives to vodka coolant because the air confiding system leaked, so any kind of alteration to the mixture might result in sick pilots. The generals were put in a grounded aircraft with the air conditioning on, and sure enough the cabin was filled with the smell of alcohol. Apparently one of the ground crew was told to hide a cloth soaked in alcohol inside one of the cooling vents before the test... The AC worked fine. XD
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Oh God, I'd forgotten about this. It was a crazy time to be alive and in college. This being that guy flying to Moscow. The rest of the Cold War was quite a thing too. I was about 6 years old back around '73 when I found out I lived in a nuclear target zone and understood that means if there was a war I was dead. ETA: I haven't laughed this hard at one of your posts since the Russian Navy vs England's fisherman, I mean Japan. Yes, Japan. You win the internets today good sir, you win.
