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Gallup: People Who Know How to Read and Pay Attention Think Cold War Is Coming Back

AZDuckAZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
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This difference in opinions between ages could be linked to Americans' experiences with the Cold War. The oldest Americans in the 18- to 29-year-old age group would have been five years old when one of the death knells of the Cold War occurred -- the falling of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Overall, many in this younger age group were not alive at all during the Cold War. Americans who are older than 65, however, were at least 40 as the Cold War ended, and they grew up when tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union dominated American foreign policy.

Americans of different ages are also paying different levels of attention to the situation in Ukraine. Nearly 80% of Americans aged 65 and older are very or somewhat closely following the news about the situation between Russia and Ukraine, while 42% of Americans aged 18 to 29 report paying the same amount of attention.

Nearly 60% of Americans who are very or somewhat closely following the situation between Russia and Ukraine say the U.S. is heading back toward a Cold War, while 36% of those whose who are not closely following the conflict say the same.
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  • HFNYHFNY Member Posts: 5,109 Standard Supporter
    Russia is still dangerous even though they have a declining population and an O&NG economy nearly devoid of any competitive manufacturing or technological prowess...so perhaps older people better remember (or have friends who escaped) the Gulags and / or KGB.

    Welcome to the new Husky Foootball! WE WILL BURY YOU

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=OwJHg9UBNPE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin#KGB_career
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  • PostGameOrangeSlicesPostGameOrangeSlices Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 26,449 Swaye's Wigwam
    HFNY said:

    Russia is still dangerous even though they have a declining population and an O&NG economy nearly devoid of any competitive manufacturing or technological prowess...so perhaps older people better remember (or have friends who escaped) the Gulags and / or KGB.

    Welcome to the new Husky Foootball! WE WILL BURY YOU

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=OwJHg9UBNPE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin#KGB_career

    Sure they are dangerous -- they have nukes.

    They just aren't as dangerous as they once were, and they have more to gain by being nice and trading than by bullying their former subjects.

    Humanity as a whole would accomplish an awful lot more if we all worked together than if we fought over invisible lines on a map.
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  • HFNYHFNY Member Posts: 5,109 Standard Supporter
    edited May 2014
    I agree but what the Russian (Soviet?) leadership values isn't the same as what the West values.
    PostGameOrangeSlices said:

    HFNY said:

    Russia is still dangerous even though they have a declining population and an O&NG economy nearly devoid of any competitive manufacturing or technological prowess...so perhaps older people better remember (or have friends who escaped) the Gulags and / or KGB.

    Welcome to the new Husky Foootball! WE WILL BURY YOU

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=OwJHg9UBNPE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin#KGB_career

    Sure they are dangerous -- they have nukes.

    They just aren't as dangerous as they once were, and they have more to gain by being nice and trading than by bullying their former subjects.

    Humanity as a whole would accomplish an awful lot more if we all worked together than if we fought over invisible lines on a map.
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  • SweatpantsGeneralSweatpantsGeneral Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 2,125 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited May 2014
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=LbuQ6APGYnQ

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  • PostGameOrangeSlicesPostGameOrangeSlices Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 26,449 Swaye's Wigwam
    HFNY said:

    I agree but what the Russian (Soviet?) leadership values isn't the same as what the West values.

    PostGameOrangeSlices said:

    HFNY said:

    Russia is still dangerous even though they have a declining population and an O&NG economy nearly devoid of any competitive manufacturing or technological prowess...so perhaps older people better remember (or have friends who escaped) the Gulags and / or KGB.

    Welcome to the new Husky Foootball! WE WILL BURY YOU

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=OwJHg9UBNPE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin#KGB_career

    Sure they are dangerous -- they have nukes.

    They just aren't as dangerous as they once were, and they have more to gain by being nice and trading than by bullying their former subjects.

    Humanity as a whole would accomplish an awful lot more if we all worked together than if we fought over invisible lines on a map.
    meh, they are more similar than you give them credit for, I think.

    the Russian system just allows for infinitely more corruption.
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  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,148 Founders Club
    Anything's possible, but a lot of dominos need to fall in order for another Cold War to happen. With all the fucking globalization, it's a long shot.
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  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,789
    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    Alternate theory: Old people are paranoid.

    Alternate alternate theory: Old people have more time on their hands to follow stuff going on halfway around the world.
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  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    Is anyone here intently following this? Most of the things we do in life are wastes of time, but I don't know why anyone would waste time on this. If something is going to happen, it's going to happen. What the fuck is worrying about it going to do?
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  • d2dd2d Member Posts: 3,109
    edited May 2014
    War is so last century. Everybody in the Middlebury Sociology Dept says so.
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  • PostGameOrangeSlicesPostGameOrangeSlices Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 26,449 Swaye's Wigwam
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Is anyone here intently following this? Most of the things we do in life are wastes of time, but I don't know why anyone would waste time on this. If something is going to happen, it's going to happen. What the fuck is worrying about it going to do?

    Some people find geopolitics interesting.
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  • d2dd2d Member Posts: 3,109
    PostGameOrangeSlices said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Is anyone here intently following this? Most of the things we do in life are wastes of time, but I don't know why anyone would waste time on this. If something is going to happen, it's going to happen. What the fuck is worrying about it going to do?

    Some people find geopolitics interesting.
    Not if all you care about is roastin' a bowl...
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  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    d2d said:

    PostGameOrangeSlices said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Is anyone here intently following this? Most of the things we do in life are wastes of time, but I don't know why anyone would waste time on this. If something is going to happen, it's going to happen. What the fuck is worrying about it going to do?

    Some people find geopolitics interesting.
    Not if all you care about is roastin' a bowl...
    If it doesn't have to do with naked women, drugs, alcohol, sports, music, or gambling than it ain't interesting.
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  • d2dd2d Member Posts: 3,109
    AZDuck said:

    This difference in opinions between ages could be linked to Americans' experiences with the Cold War. The oldest Americans in the 18- to 29-year-old age group would have been five years old when one of the death knells of the Cold War occurred -- the falling of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Overall, many in this younger age group were not alive at all during the Cold War. Americans who are older than 65, however, were at least 40 as the Cold War ended, and they grew up when tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union dominated American foreign policy.

    Americans of different ages are also paying different levels of attention to the situation in Ukraine. Nearly 80% of Americans aged 65 and older are very or somewhat closely following the news about the situation between Russia and Ukraine, while 42% of Americans aged 18 to 29 report paying the same amount of attention.

    Nearly 60% of Americans who are very or somewhat closely following the situation between Russia and Ukraine say the U.S. is heading back toward a Cold War, while 36% of those whose who are not closely following the conflict say the same.
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    So much for the NEA teaching recent history... How about this afternoon's history...

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  • bananasnblondesbananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,351
    Of all the people I know, I would consider those over 65 to be least likely to know what the hell they are talking about. This pole confirms my suspicions.
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