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plyth@feddit.org 1 month agoThose were concessions to look good compared to communist countries. There is no need for a good impression anymore.
Comment on Comfy cozy
plyth@feddit.org 1 month agoThose were concessions to look good compared to communist countries. There is no need for a good impression anymore.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 month 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 month ago
They had to. If life in western Europe would have been worse than in eastern Europe, people would have elected communists.