• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      The USSR was so much more than just Russia. That legacy is part of why Russia is invading Ukraine. Again.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        …and the Ottoman Empire was more than just Turkey. At one point it spanned from the borders of Italy all the way around the Mediterranean to modern day Algeria.

        By your logic then America won’t survive because like the Soviet Union it’s just a federal system of constituent parts that are highly unlikely to participate in a mass government together again.