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TO GROW UP IN 1980s AMERICA WAS TO BE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR WITH THE USSR. Jen as kid watching Sting video for the song Russians: BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY TO YOU, I HOPE THE RUSSIANS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN TOO THE U.S. DID TERRIBLE THINGS DURING THE COLD WAR (THANKS, KISSINGER!), BUT AT LEAST WE WERE PROUDLY NOT A DICTATORSHIP. Functioning Local Dewspaper MAY 5, 1986 CHERNOBYL DISASTER FAR WORSE THAN INITIALLY REPORTED Jen: HOW COULD THEY JUST LIE LIKE THAT? A FEW YEARS LATER, THE BERLIN WALL FELL AND THE SCORPIONS' "WIND OF CHANGE" WAS EVERYWHERE. Scene of Scorpions video on TV: WHERE THE CHILDREN OF TOMORROW DREAM AWAY Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Teenage Jen: NOT THIS SONG AGAIN! NOW THAT CHEESILY HOPEFUL VIDEO SEEMS GREAT. News headlines: ZELENSKY ATTACKED BY WHITE HOUSE World stunned by U.S. shift towards Putin Jen: THE FUTURE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO TURN OUT THIS WAY. ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe