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by blaser-waffle 2085 days ago
Soviet Union collapsed and China started retooling for capitalism. Foreign propaganda dropped off.

Meanwhile in the US the 90s boom was kicking off and the US was exploding into global hegemony. Why protest and fight the man when communism was collapsing and there was more to gain from getting on board the winning team.

In other words, the trend dropped off externally and internally there were a lot of reasons to assume that history was in fact ending and to jump on board with MURICA and FREEDOM.