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HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 days agoYeah I’ve been in a few places around Europe, and it really seems that in Western Europe, labour movements made big gains in like the 1970s and neolib governments have been squandering that ever since, and we are nearing the point where it all turns fash.
plyth@feddit.org 1 day ago
Those were concessions to look good compared to communist countries. There is no need for a good impression anymore.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That’s one way to look at it, but I think it was more of the Reagan-Thatcher generation killing off the left and the rot set in. I wouldn’t discount the achievements of leftists as just concessions from capital. They don’t give an inch if they don’t have to.
plyth@feddit.org 1 day ago
They had to. If life in western Europe would have been worse than in eastern Europe, people would have elected communists.