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Eastern Euro voters tried returning Communists to office to preside over the ruin of broken nations...

When the anticommunist upheavals began, there were those who said that if people didn't like the free-market system, they could always return to some variant of socialism.

Capitalism is not just an economic system but a social order. Once it takes hold, it is not voted out by electing socialists or communists.

Divorce, abortion, & birth control became more difficult to obtain. Instances of sexual harassment & violence against women increased sharply. In Russia, the number of women murdered annually—primarily by husbands and boyfriends— skyrocketed from 5,300 to 15,000 in the first 3 years of the free-market paradise.

The Communist party committees that used to intervene in cases of domestic abuse no longer exist.

Life conditions for children deteriorated greatly throughout the ex-communist world. Free summer camps were closed down. School lunches, once free or low-priced, now too costly for many. Hungry children constitute a problem.
Instead of attending class, chidren can be found hawking drinks or begging in the streets. Juvenile crime is booming… while funds for youth rehabilitation services dwindle (LA Times, 1994).

The overthrow of communism brought an increase in gender inequality. The new Russian constitution eliminated provisions that guaranteed women the right to paid maternity leave, job security during pregnancy, prenatal care, & daycare centers.

In communist countries ~90% of women had jobs in a full-employment economy. Today, women compose 2/3 of the unemployed. Those who do work are channeled into low-pay positions.