The existance of USSR forced the new deal in US, and liberalism/Johnson/Nixon’s social programs. Post Reagan/USSR, only pure eonomic naziism exists in US, and its colonies. Just minor accelerationism under Trump. Even NDSAP/Hitler needed to pretend it was “communism lite socialist label” despite the pure oppression of labour, and Reagan’s trickle down oligarchism with that socialist name. The existence of USSR made the world less explicitly nazi.
The domestic labor movements across the US were heavily inspired by the recent successes of the Bolsheviks, and the capitalists were terrified of the same repression the workers bestowed upon them in Russia happening across the US Empire as well. The Russian Revolution fundamentally changed the entirety of labor struggles around the world.
The Gilded/railroad barron age, did create a progressive movement in US that would eventually lead to income tax in 1913. Global leftists breathed/shared the same air. 1929 stock market crash wiped out republican representation, leading to new deal. Nazis took back control of supreme court to block progressive legislation until the 1960s. Though GI bill was republican led progressiveness (except for racial discrimination mostly in south).
Without the USSR, and especially after its collapse, pure nazi economic oppression would/did rule. USSR was/is a nazi enemy, and global influence had to moderate the naziism to maintain democratic illusions. There needed to be respectful of social welfare because of USSR. After Reagan any concern for people was “trying to turn the US into a failed communist state”.
In diverse economies the ruling class almost always has to implement policies to appease the populace. Obviously the extent to which this happens varies based on a variety of factors (especially political organizations that have economic bargaining power) but I don’t really see evidence the USSR was in any way responsible for this.
The existance of USSR forced the new deal in US, and liberalism/Johnson/Nixon’s social programs. Post Reagan/USSR, only pure eonomic naziism exists in US, and its colonies. Just minor accelerationism under Trump. Even NDSAP/Hitler needed to pretend it was “communism lite socialist label” despite the pure oppression of labour, and Reagan’s trickle down oligarchism with that socialist name. The existence of USSR made the world less explicitly nazi.
No, the domestic socialist/labor movement did that. The USSR was a distant concern pre-WWII.
The domestic labor movements across the US were heavily inspired by the recent successes of the Bolsheviks, and the capitalists were terrified of the same repression the workers bestowed upon them in Russia happening across the US Empire as well. The Russian Revolution fundamentally changed the entirety of labor struggles around the world.
The Gilded/railroad barron age, did create a progressive movement in US that would eventually lead to income tax in 1913. Global leftists breathed/shared the same air. 1929 stock market crash wiped out republican representation, leading to new deal. Nazis took back control of supreme court to block progressive legislation until the 1960s. Though GI bill was republican led progressiveness (except for racial discrimination mostly in south).
Without the USSR, and especially after its collapse, pure nazi economic oppression would/did rule. USSR was/is a nazi enemy, and global influence had to moderate the naziism to maintain democratic illusions. There needed to be respectful of social welfare because of USSR. After Reagan any concern for people was “trying to turn the US into a failed communist state”.
In diverse economies the ruling class almost always has to implement policies to appease the populace. Obviously the extent to which this happens varies based on a variety of factors (especially political organizations that have economic bargaining power) but I don’t really see evidence the USSR was in any way responsible for this.