re: #272 Birth Control Works
Single-Party totalitarian systems are most susceptible. Our varied and layered separation of powers helps us a great deal, while it also can be infuriating.
All the way down to the right to self-defense and the right to choose parenthood.
Right, I guess I was talking mostly about culture. Culturally, Eastern European countries where Communism existed are considerably more socially conservative than Western European ones. Most Western European nations have the right to choose, LGBT equality, and other socially liberal things. Social liberalism is pretty rare in the former Eastern Bloc.