Thu Mar 10, 2022, 05:24 AM

The Beatles Defeated the Soviet USSR

It was the love of jeans and the Beatles that helped topple the USSR. Kids were not agreeable with the government, and their love for Western—-world—-products and culture was irresistible.

Taking away the Internet and PlayStation for these now-adult Russian citizens will cripple Putin.

This documentary is superb recounting the real Russian revolution. A full hour, but you will understand how Putin has screwed the pooch.

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Beatles Defeated the Soviet USSR (Original post)	Roy Rolling	Mar 2022	OP
K&R! Thanks for posting - Bookmarking	Rhiannon12866	Mar 2022	#1
Hello?!?	chwaliszewski	Mar 2022	#2
Well, duh	Roy Rolling	Mar 2022	#5
Imagine	magicguido	Mar 2022	#3
There's a story that Soviet leadership was so concerned	thucythucy	Mar 2022	#4

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Thu Mar 10, 2022, 05:46 AM

Rhiannon12866 (171,851 posts)

1. K&R! Thanks for posting - Bookmarking

(Couldn't resist...)

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Thu Mar 10, 2022, 08:52 AM

chwaliszewski (1,488 posts)

2. Hello?!?

That's because The Beatles were the greatest band of all time. Hell, their impact even gets its own Wikipage. LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles

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Fri Mar 11, 2022, 07:05 AM

Roy Rolling (6,200 posts)

5. Well, duh

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Thu Mar 10, 2022, 08:52 AM

magicguido (6,315 posts)

3. Imagine

Obviously a recording Putin doesn't own.

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Thu Mar 10, 2022, 10:39 AM

thucythucy (7,190 posts)

4. There's a story that Soviet leadership was so concerned

about the impact of the Beatles that they sent a KGB agent to go "underground" at the Maharishi's ashram while the Beatles were there, disguised as a hippy. Supposedly, everyone immediately knew he was a spy, since his behavior was so blatantly phony and unhip.

Thanks for posting this video.

Heartbreaking though to see the concert in Kiev at the end, and to realize what's happening now.

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