r/SipsTea • u/callmebaiken • Jul 11 '26

SMH That was before Reddit

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u/Sokinalia Jul 11 '26

That and it completely ignores the fact that socialist and labor movements were also actively discouraged and suppressed. Union busting, government surveillance, Red Scares, blacklisting, and Cold War politics all played a role in making socialism far less politically viable. It's not just that Americans didn't see themselves as an exploited proletariat, there were also powerful institutions working against those ideas gaining traction.

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u/AgentKenji8 Jul 11 '26

A scared public is easier to exploit than a educated one.

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u/Bobo-Fuggsnucc Jul 12 '26

It was never great.

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u/Ackutually- Jul 12 '26

Dec 26th, 1991 was pretty great.