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.
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.
They had to. If life in western Europe would have been worse than in eastern Europe, people would have elected communists.