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Shock Therapy and Capitalism
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29:58 - 34:04 (04:05)

Shock therapy was a theory among capitalists that as Soviet satellite states opened up, privatizing every sector immediately was beneficial. This helped capitalists reap massive profits, but privatization was met with criticism among many people.

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Alexey Navalny, known for his strong anti-corruption stance, rose to prominence within the Communist Party in the late 1980s by critiquing the Soviet Union and its corrupt government.
29:58 - 31:37 (01:38)
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Alexey Navalny
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Alexey Navalny, known for his strong anti-corruption stance, rose to prominence within the Communist Party in the late 1980s by critiquing the Soviet Union and its corrupt government. Despite being the only deputy in the Belarusian Parliament to vote against the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he escaped punishment due to the cultural changes that had occurred by then.

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Shock Therapy and Capitalism
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Part One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus
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Behind the Bastards
This episode discusses the implementation of shock therapy in post-Soviet Belarus and how it caused widespread economic and social turmoil, making it a disaster in most places.
31:37 - 32:47 (01:09)
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Shock Therapy
Summary

This episode discusses the implementation of shock therapy in post-Soviet Belarus and how it caused widespread economic and social turmoil, making it a disaster in most places.

Chapter
Shock Therapy and Capitalism
Episode
Part One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus
Podcast
Behind the Bastards