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Sarah Paine is a national treasure and the U.S. are very lucky to have her. Sharing the last bit of her recent interview on why russia lost the (first) Cold War. Very good advise for the American public 👇 “The other point about the Cold War is this: yes, people in the Soviet Union were living miserable lives—largely of their own system’s making. But Americans were actually having a good time. They paid taxes, they funded nuclear weapons, but people were also going to Disneyland, taking trips to Europe, buying houses. Life went on. In fact, Americans and people in Western Europe were living fulfilling lives while essentially waiting for others to get with the program. That’s the lesson: if we’re going to make it through this next Cold War, we need to cooperate with our allies, build institutions, and improve laws. Don’t just burn the house down. We got through the first one, and we can get through this one too—living full, meaningful lives while we wait for Putin or Xi Jinping to come up with something different. But if we squander our strong hand—if we eliminate university funding and destroy the intellectual capital those industries depend on; if we dump our allies for no clear reason and alienate them so they organize without us; if we throw away entire institutions without thinking carefully about what we’re doing—then we become a cooperative adversary to our own decline. At that point, we’re the bozo putting a plastic bag over our own head.”