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@harc A state being bourgeois is not the only material condition of that state. The west in the 90s saw immense growth and stability, which meant that it could afford more rights to the groups that it had previously marginalized. We're now seeing that rolled back as said stability comes crashing down.
China, meanwhile, is quite new to stability, so we're only now seeing rights there increased. The USSR, one could argue, never really saw stability due to constant sanctions and external threat.
Those rights were won by the working class and marginalized groups fighting for their rights, forcing the state to capitulate. They were not 'afforded' by any benevolence of the state.