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briandmyers  ·  3694 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club: Watchmen Discussion Part 1 [final discussion March 1st]

Also remember, in 1986, there were still two superpowers; and Russia was still presented to the American public as a nearly-equal adversary. That notion was completely gone within a decade. Fears of mutually-assured-destruction were still very real and present in 1986, as in the book.