Mr Khan on 17 August 2012
| HappySqurriel said: Interesting ... I have read several well sourced articles that suggest the roots of many progressive social movements originated in (or were supported by) the USSR as a means to reframe communist principles/propaganda in a way that was more palpable in western capitalist democracies; and now Russia fears what impact these same social movements will have on their own country. |
That was the great irony of the Soviet Union, that the degree to which it succeeded in its mission served as its own undoing. The Party worked to provide many venues through which people could participate in civil society, but obviously in a way that was supposed to enhance the image of the party, but of course you can't keep total control of such things.
The Indonesian dictatorship was smarter. They worked to try to keep the people as politically-uninvolved as possible.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
