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Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries? (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Hungarian here. There reason for being the top 1 was because the country was running on debt hell for 10-15 years.

Kádár (the ruler of that time) had promised from 1956 that he will improve the living standards. This worked until the 70s, when the oil crisis happened and Kádár realized that with those current living conditions, the country needs to get loans. So he did that until communism have ended.