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WizardofSoda
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Russia learned something really huge in communism. Provide all the basics of life to everybody for near free. Housing, food, water, heating, electricity, fuel oil, free gymnasiums, vodka, etc.
The West Europeans had their version of that with American capitalism + the social welfare state from 1945-1995. Then sadly they made a big turn back to feudalism. In feudalism everything becomes really expensive so people are barely making it if they are lucky. And meanwhile the inherited wealth people who own all the land, permits, licenses and quotas they are making monopolist rents on all that. By the state controlling supply to below the level of demand intentionally.
So every year the feudalists in Western Europe make all the basics of life more expensive and what was once super rich countries, more and more people find themselves in poverty. They never agreed with American capitalism, we just forced it on them, and while we were facing down the Soviet Union we made the West Europeans provide a good life for people.. at gunpoint, of American military guns pointed at the West European governments and eager to use them. This meant the choice in Europe was between American capitalism/Euro social welfare state.. vs. the Soviet model. Well in that case everybody in Europe wanted to join with the West.
But now the choice is between shitty feudalism in Western Europe vs. Russian feudalism, but at least the Russians provide the basics for near free.
The West Europeans had their version of that with American capitalism + the social welfare state from 1945-1995. Then sadly they made a big turn back to feudalism. In feudalism everything becomes really expensive so people are barely making it if they are lucky. And meanwhile the inherited wealth people who own all the land, permits, licenses and quotas they are making monopolist rents on all that. By the state controlling supply to below the level of demand intentionally.
So every year the feudalists in Western Europe make all the basics of life more expensive and what was once super rich countries, more and more people find themselves in poverty. They never agreed with American capitalism, we just forced it on them, and while we were facing down the Soviet Union we made the West Europeans provide a good life for people.. at gunpoint, of American military guns pointed at the West European governments and eager to use them. This meant the choice in Europe was between American capitalism/Euro social welfare state.. vs. the Soviet model. Well in that case everybody in Europe wanted to join with the West.
But now the choice is between shitty feudalism in Western Europe vs. Russian feudalism, but at least the Russians provide the basics for near free.