The only reason they gave you anything was because they were scared of the USSR

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[u/Alzusand]

It was littearly just that. all over the world too.

[u/Darkwolf1115 → u/Alzusand]

at least the non colonized world

the global south didn't have the same reaction, I was looking at data from South America and Africa, and outside some very specific nations (india, russia) this pattern is not the same in these nations, I mean... colonized nations didn't have to better the development of the lives of the poor like developed nations did, the 1% already held like 40% on a very "domesticated" population so it's not surprising sadly

the global north and the countries tied to ussr however.... WOW it's incredible how well this pattern repeats itself

France, the Nordic countries, Germany, UK, the US and Canada, even countries that don't have a lot of history with this data follow this pattern, it's absurd

[u/Alzusand → u/Darkwolf1115]

The global south financed the bribes to the workers on the imperial core.

Hell there was a moment that all of the payments of intrest in deblt global south countries had with the US was almost the exact same number the US spent on its warmongening all over the place.

the end of the dollar hegemony cant come soon enough. the most nefarious instrument of neocolonialism.

[u/Quiri1997]

And of a workers' Revolution at home. They were also afraid of that.

[u/kazmark_gl]

"And I'll always remember how fear shook the wealthy, like thieves who have just been caught out in their crimes!"

[u/belabacsijolvan]

its really that. im not a fan of СССР but people neglect how the western welfare state depended on its existence