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a peek at the ghost of the red menace
# politics

a peek at the ghost of the red menace

Comparing what America and the USSR did to their own citizens during the Cold War is a fool's errand. The USSR was objectively worse to its people.

atheism behind the iron curtain
# politics

atheism behind the iron curtain

After Stalin's crackdowns were over, the USSR was a lot less hostile to religion than Americans are often taught.

the soviet’s secret moon plans
# space

the soviet’s secret moon plans

The Soviet Union really wanted to land on the Moon. And Stalin's plans for what to do if and when they did were very, very dark...