The day the CIA had proof and evidence that the soviet union was in a slow downward spiral and "containable", that was the day the carot of middle class shared

The day the CIA had proof and evidence that the soviet union was in a slow downward spiral and "containable", that was the day the carot of middle class shared progress was packed away and it was back to the stick in the salt-mines of the gilded age again. It may be hard to fathom, but the "golden" age of capitalism was in actual competition with a actual "socialism" aka a rivaling empire. The nice past we remember, was given to us at gunpoint and is now clawed back. Some societies take longer on this course, because they found the outcome pleasant and want to keep it. But the forces of the market, drag it towards a economic singular entity, which owns politics, with democracy on the label or not. The figureheads were exchanged accordingly.