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The causal event for that was the discovery that the USSR was a hollow giant and the red scare not based in reality. After that communism lost alot of its fear-
by PicassoCTs 5y ago
The causal event for that was the discovery that the USSR was a hollow giant and the red scare not based in reality. After that communism lost alot of its fear-factor and a take-over was becoming ever more unlikely.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoWow, that is not the way I remember 1979...
- PicassoCTs 5y agoTime to hit the history books. 1980s the fear propaganda was still strong, but the three letter agencies had enough material to pass judgment on the USSR. Example: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1240452 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1240452 The USSR bought grain when its harvests failed during the 1970s - this is not the action of a superior system about to surpass you and replace you.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThe three letter agencies may have known better, but they weren't setting wages for the country. And, as you said, "the fear propaganda was still strong". So I don't think your position can logically work if 1979 is the year things started to change for wages.