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[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for the extra info! My point was not particularly the population growth isolated, rather the total destruction of the demographics of most eastern block countries after the point in time in 1990 when the block is dissolved and the countries transition to capitalism. This is not apparent in the western capitalist countries because the dynamic of western Europe is that of imperial core whereas eastern Europe has become imperial periphery, to be exploited and denied equal footing than that of the west!

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Which is a fair point. I'm not an expert by any means, but the change in population growth could have come from various effects: maybe it wasn't the end of socialism, but the start of capitalism; maybe it wasn't the start of capitalism, but a general uncertainty after the old system dissolved; maybe it was coming from a third source (see above); maybe it was a global phenomenon, which has been happening in developed countries ever since; I don't know, maybe it was The Shining coming out in 1980.