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The Graveyard of Eastern European Socialism

FEE · Commentary

Excerpt from FEEBy Alex TokarevOriginal publication date shown above. This is a source excerpt, not independent reporting by Republic Readout.

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On October 12, 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on the podium during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, yelling at the capitalist countries: “We [the socialists] will bury you!” Within 30 years, socialism, not capitalism, was dead and buried in Eastern Europe. The USSR disappeared from the maps. Why was …

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