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Growing Up in the 80s
80s Memories, News, Clothing and Fads
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Topic: Reasons why the 80's was the best decade ever.
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I know it sounds militaristic...but the military is an extension of political will. The U.S. military increased five fold in the '80's and it influenced the history of the world by doing so. It's all true. The reason I wrote it is because the first person whom started this topic said that there were no "wars" on in the '80's and I find that just simple minded or they are caught up in their own little world with their blinders on. It was a decade filled with uncertainties and had the potential to blow up in our faces. Besides...I was in the service then and highly involved and a history major to boot. What do you want? It wasn't a peaceful decade by any means and the facts are the facts. We're suffering from some of our (U.S.) political decisions now. No offense but it's troubling to see that folks living in a post 9/11 world still think the '80's was safe with nothing to fear. Here's a interesting fact that folks don't really know...during the '80's the Soviets were under the command of one nuclear trigger. They understood that it would be reciprocal if they shot it so the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) policy worked. The Communists had very tight control on their arsenal but now that it's the Russian Federation we're facing eleven nuclear triggers with less able men to choose wether or not to shoot them off. Makes you all warm and fuzzy doesn't it? On top of that...alot of them were made in the '60's & '70's and they haven't been maintained. Therefore there will one day be a nuclear accident over there....it's actually more of a menace today than it was pre-'89. There I go again...being pessimistic. I just don't feel as safe as I was back when I was a teenager in the '80's. I loved it's perceived innocence.
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