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Now you get into some very difficult historical territory. The collapse of socialism in the USSR and Europe is a complicated phenomena, and probably no one fully understands it yet.
But yes, I agree it's generally better to educate people in tandem with raising their living standards. All I want is to point out that there's nuance, and sometimes ugly things have to be done. The situation that Swinging6917 described is not one of those times.