ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Megan McArdle
at the time, we knew Soviets didn't have resources to take over entire world in 1 go. Scary scenario was that either (a) our own economy would be regulated / crash too, letting them catch up, (b) they'd eat W Germany, have some energy, eat Italy, have some energy, eat France...https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1001879235512987648 …
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It obviously, in hindsight, was not plausible to think that they were going to take over the whole world. They didn't have the resources. But alas, we did not get the benefit of hindsight when it was happening. Almost until the Wall came down, people were predicting convergence.
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