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malaise

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Reply to The Traveler (Reply #4)

Mon May 12, 2014, 03:02 PM

May 2014

It was a geo political blunder, that reeks with the arrogance of those who, on the collapse of the Soviet Union, proclaimed "the end of history", and a new world order based on a global economy as the final, conclusive victor.

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i made the same point in a thread last week

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