The Day After (1983)

I think it was Gorbechev coming to power as a reformer after the sudden deaths of the elderly hardliners Andropov and Chernenko that convinced Reagan and the state department to back off just a bit...but only a bit.

>Reagan had to watch a fucking movie to realize that nuclear war is bad

He was a bit dumb wasn't he

>>84623371
Warhawks usually don't realize the consequences

>>84623338
Petrov, a Soviet general, also held off during the '83 NATO Able Archer exercises.

>>84623280
This movie and Threads terrified the shit out of me as a child.

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>>84623280
>there are people from flyover states now posting on /tv/
y

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>>84624540
Because we actually produce things (crops, livestock, coal, oil, steel, cars), while California produces smog, earthquakes and race riots, while New York exports Donald Trump and ponzi schemes.

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>>84624604
>when they try to defend it

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>>84624767
>on 4chan
>Derail thread
>cringe when they return shitposting

>>84623280
Great movie. Left a big impression on me.