• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    2 days ago

    Perestroika immediately comes to mind. I’m sure there are things I’m not thinking of just now, but my belly is full and I’m sleepy. Thanks for your reply.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, all good. Did we have anything to do with Perestroika? I thought that was communism failing, and then Gorbachev trying to change communism, and the new thing being even worse. Not a ringing endorsement for communism unless I am missing something.

      Of course, just wait, it’s easily possible that in about 6 months we will have USSR-scale shortages and tyranny in the United States, and people can point to that as an example of capitalism fucking up, in turn. Like I say and like I think HelixDab was saying, I don’t think there is a system that will protect you.