He wasn’t such a bad guy. Big step up from Andropov and Chernenko. Glasnost and Perestroika led the way for western influence to dissolve the communist front. His talks with Reagan helped avert disaster. His embrace of Rocky Balboa in Christmas 1985 helped set an example for all of us, to change for the better.
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He wasn’t such a bad guy. Big step up from Andropov and Chernenko. Glasnost and Perestroika led the way for western influence to dissolve the communist front. His talks with Reagan helped avert disaster. His embrace of Rocky Balboa in Christmas 1985 helped set an example for all of us, to change for the better.
"Tear down this wall Mr. Gorbachev."
He was so decent compared to his predecessors, not that that was a high bar. Still it was much needed hope.