Does anyone have any good literature/a nice summary on how and why all of the former Soviet states and Warsaw pact countries have basically fully reversed course and become reactionary hellholes? Was it lack of socialist education? Western influence before and after the collapse? Disillusioned population due to mismanagement (I’m thinking Romania here)?
Thanks a lot!
There’s lot to be said about it, but my bet would be that the huge skydive in material conditions following the collapse is the biggest contributing factor combined with the liberal anticommunist propaganda by the local ruling class as well as the foreign, CIA etc.
Another example is Germany, fascism is emerging today right where East Germany used to be, a socialist country that fell to the control of the capitalists and became one more western pawn to be exploited. Poor material conditions combined with a lack of a revolutionary party to provide a meaningful and organized direction for all that discontent, naturally leads to fascism through its populist strategies that pretend to fight against the status quo.