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A Biden Presidency will be a lot like 70s Brezhnev

Undistinguished system guy elevated decades past his prime c...
dashing pink tank point
  09/21/20
I think it will be mostly like Gerald Ford. He's going to f...
marvelous den
  09/21/20
We’re stagnating now, man, but this guy Gorbachev will...
dashing pink tank point
  09/21/20
There are no clear parallels between the US now and the USSR...
marvelous den
  09/21/20
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alcoholic business firm
  09/21/20
Brezhnev was still in his 50s when he took office. I think ...
Coral Dingle Berry Kitty
  09/21/20
Cr
Misanthropic Disrespectful Cumskin School
  09/21/20
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Aphrodisiac area pocket flask
  09/21/20
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ghee
  08/21/25
Lmao
cowshit
  08/22/25
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cannon
  08/22/25


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Date: September 21st, 2020 9:58 PM
Author: dashing pink tank point

Undistinguished system guy elevated decades past his prime cause no one else is available. Doddering old man rarely making public appearances, deferring to underlings. His kids are weird degenerate criminals. Younger apparatchiks vying for power. Dissidents sent to gulags but the system is rotten enough they escape occasionally. Irrational foreign war to flex nuts. Total collapse ~10 years away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4630231&forum_id=2,#40963009)



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Date: September 21st, 2020 9:59 PM
Author: marvelous den

I think it will be mostly like Gerald Ford. He's going to function mostly as a stabilizer and a seat warmer. The real election is in 2024 and I suspect smart people on both sides are already thinking like this. That's not to downplay what four years of someone in office can do to a country, but I think generally speaking the Biden presidency is going to embody a lot of conservatism with a small c.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4630231&forum_id=2,#40963015)



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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:02 PM
Author: dashing pink tank point

We’re stagnating now, man, but this guy Gorbachev will fix it. The Soviet Union has another century at least.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4630231&forum_id=2,#40963034)



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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:06 PM
Author: marvelous den

There are no clear parallels between the US now and the USSR then. It's an interesting analysis but your frame for the US should probably be more the long-lived Byzantine Empire than the short-lived USSR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4630231&forum_id=2,#40963052)



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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:03 PM
Author: alcoholic business firm



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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:06 PM
Author: Coral Dingle Berry Kitty

Brezhnev was still in his 50s when he took office. I think you mean Andropov or Chernenko.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4630231&forum_id=2,#40963057)



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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:11 PM
Author: Misanthropic Disrespectful Cumskin School

Cr

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Date: September 21st, 2020 10:08 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac area pocket flask



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Date: August 21st, 2025 11:07 PM
Author: ghee



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Date: August 22nd, 2025 12:22 AM
Author: cowshit

Lmao

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Date: August 22nd, 2025 12:30 AM
Author: cannon



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