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>The way I see it, anti-Communist paranoia Ironically, the anti-communist paranoia is also what brought a lot of rights and perks to workers in the US and Euro
by Cumpiler69 2y ago
>The way I see it, anti-Communist paranoia
Ironically, the anti-communist paranoia is also what brought a lot of rights and perks to workers in the US and Europe.
The ruling elite had to concede some demands to the working class to prevent the read scare from spreading.
Now that threat is gone, we're seeing a claw-back (defanging unions, etc).
- ttyprintk 2y agoI like the labor lens for seeing turning points in the Cold War. The oil crisis delegitimized socialist and communist plans. So I’m not sure those plans mattered in union gains. Polish Solidarity is a great example.
- dylan604 2y agoread scare? I know some books are scary, but quite the typo from red scare. just in case someone wasn't familiar with the term.