| ▲ | trelane 6 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Yes. Also, fitting the USSR into the extended framework, by not recognizing that it already was in the framework to begin with. IIRC Wikipedia says the term was coined ca. 1950s, so it could be argued that the USSR's decline was already factored into the term. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | QuercusMax 4 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> IIRC Wikipedia says the term was coined ca. 1950s, so it could be argued that the USSR's decline was already factored into the term. What? The Soviets got the bomb in 1949 and launched Sputnik in 1957. That makes no sense. | |||||||||||||||||
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