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  • In the interest of moderation transparency, we’ve had a couple of reports about this post.

    Here’s my thinking about it:


    Community purpose

    • This post is more political that would ordinarily be seen on AskLemmy, ⬇️
    • it is an open-ended thought provoking question, ⬆️
    • it is generating healthy and informative discussion and debate. ⬆️

    Rule 1:

    • the post is not trolling, sealioning, racist or toxic, ⬆️
    • the topic is contentious but seems to be worded politely, ⬆️
    • the author has voluntarily amended the question to be more sensitive in their framing. ⬆️

    Rule 3:

    • it does not fit the definition of spam or astroturfing ⬆️

    On balance, I’m going to let the post remain up.














  • The Eastern Bloc suffered an enormous drop in living quality following the dissolution of the USSR. Far from reaping a bounty via free market liberty, the people in these countries found themselves the subject of a historic privatization and looting of national treasuries and resources.

    This is a black and white perspective. You have to keep in mind that citizens of these countries were significantly worse off as (involuntarily) being part of the USSR than the countries that were not in the Eastern Bloc, and most of them are now significantly better off as part of the EU. Most citizens remember the repression, shortages, and russification all too well.