Outdated technology in the OT from today's perspective

Konchadunga · 01-26-2012, 02:57 AM

What? Okay; I'll give you Nazism, but war didn't defeat Communism any way you skew it. All of the wars to stop the spread of Communism were only a partial success at best and a massive failure at worst. Of course, a much larger war with the Soviet Union or China might have "defeated" Communism, but the ramifications of one may well have been a world even more depressing than one ruled by Communism. That isn't to say there weren't preparations to fight such a war; hence my claim that it drove space technology, but ultimate what defeated Communism was the prosperity of Western societies. No actual war involved.

01-26-2012, 02:57 AM	#26
Konchadunga Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Southern California Posts: 912	What? Okay; I'll give you Nazism, but war didn't defeat Communism any way you skew it. All of the wars to stop the spread of Communism were only a partial success at best and a massive failure at worst. Of course, a much larger war with the Soviet Union or China might have "defeated" Communism, but the ramifications of one may well have been a world even more depressing than one ruled by Communism. That isn't to say there weren't preparations to fight such a war; hence my claim that it drove space technology, but ultimate what defeated Communism was the prosperity of Western societies. No actual war involved. __________________