[tolbish]

Liberals cause communism, liberals cause the end of communism—it's just hard to keep these vague political bogeymen straight sometimes.

[enkid]

Liberalization in this context has nothing to do with the current usage in American politics.

[tolbish]

Liberalization was blamed both before the Soviet Union was established, and again when it was dissolved. You should be thinking of the former usage of both "liberals" and "liberalization".