What if ... the former Soviet Union won the Cold War and become today's only modern superpower in the world? Then, would the Soviet Union would take the brunt of global criticism about their influence in the world, as does the U.S. today?
2006-07-23 02:41:41 · 7 answers · asked by Mo 6 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
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2006-07-24 19:46:35 · update #1
During WWII, they said they would win the cold war from the inside out. I believe they literally did.
When your enemy becomes the same as you, he is no longer your enemy. The walls dropped not because they became like us. They dropped because we became like them.
We the people no longer are the people... We have the freedom of choice... We can choose to do as we are told, or get in legal trouble for not doing as we are told.
Our founding fathers knew this was to happen. They knew that we would create the paliment that we left. How? We were given the freedom to vote on the issues. Well, we voted on the big issues... After that, we voted on the lesser issues. Then, lesser and lesser until we defined every detail of our lives. Where we will have so many laws that everything we do will be defined. There are men and women that create laws and define them everyday. More and more of our rights are being taken away from us.
During JFK's presidency, he created the Big Brother Act. The Big Brother Act gave the government the right to choose the laws we are allowed to vote on and what laws they will create without our permission. This creates a forum for corruption. One recent example is the "Living Constitution". This is created to allow the government to change the constitution as they see fit.
And, how do you suppose that is actually going to help me and you??? It is purily for their benefit...
We are slowly becoming the enemy we stood against... And, we are selling off the United States to other countries. Almost every Sky Scraper is owned by another country. Now, we are actually selling our streets and Highways to other countries. The majority of our prime land here in this town in Florida is owned by someone in other countries.
Little by little we are giving up our Nation... Mostly because of ignorance. Wake up people... Before there is nothing left and we are following the laws of another country. These countries speak of our predjudices and yet some of those same countries won't allow someone that isn't from their country to own land, go to higher educated schools, etc... What would happen should they completely take our country? We would become outcasts in our own country.
Another example: When the US shuts down one of its military bases, the base isn't actually shut down. It is handed over to the United Nations. What would happen should they have more of our military bases than we do?
The one world order comes soon.... And, we won't be it leaders because of our own stupidity.
Come alive our youth and see what has come. Don't let the world place you in the state of dismissiveness. Wake up and respond accodingly.
2006-07-23 04:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by gejepsen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The Soviet Union would not have tolerated dissension in the ranks. If they'd won the cold war, no one would have dared to criticize them. Hungary tried it and got severely punished. Slovakia tried it and many died. Disagreeing with a Stalin-like leader (which would have been required for the Soviet Union to win the cold war) would not be a feasible option. Freedom of the press would not be allowed so no one could publish negative aspects of the regime. The Soviets would have been treated like the winners they would have been. The U.S. just doesn't have the stomach to wipe out protesters which, in my mind, is why we won the Cold War in the first place.
2006-07-23 09:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by CarolO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting enough question, but I believe Communist Russian would make a play for world domination.
2006-07-23 09:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably...whoever the 'top dog' is would be catching the flack...everyone is not going to like whomever that is, so there would be criticisms no matter what country was in that position...
2006-07-23 09:48:41 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-07-23 09:44:24 · answer #5 · answered by a_siberian_husky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if Americans could ask good questions......
2006-07-23 09:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by jonnygaijin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm...what if the world was communist?
2006-07-23 09:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by Sweet Dreams 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋