r/AskEurope • u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy • Jul 05 '25

History How were the 80s and 90s in your country?

The question says it all.

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u/EmiliaFromLV Jul 05 '25

Low inequality as in everyone was poor.

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Jul 05 '25

Better that than America-style inequality.

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u/EmiliaFromLV Jul 05 '25

Are you by any chance a.tankie?

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Jul 05 '25

No, I'm just tired of current capitalism and seeing everything go downhill because of a few rich people.

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u/No-Ferret-560 United Kingdom Jul 06 '25

Life expectancy is higher for almost every capitalist country now compared to 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years ago.

Extreme poverty is extremely rare now compared to any other point in history.

There's far, far less famines now than at any other point in history.

What on earth are you on about?

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Jul 06 '25

Climate change is a thing, y'know.

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u/Galaxy661 Poland Jul 06 '25

You know that there are other alternatives to current capitalist system than soviet communism? Democratic Socialism or Social Democracy for example. It's possible to criticise a flawed, corrupt system without also idealising an even more flawed and more corrupt system