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by hypersoar 1392 days ago
I saw that Pizza Hut commercial earlier today and I can't stop thinking about it. It has so much going on. It's the victory of capitalism over Soviet communism, the rise of neoliberalism to global hegemony, and the "End of History" in the form of a 30-second ad for pizza.
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Gorbachev saw Pizza Hut come and leave his country.
For the best, Dodo pizza is much better.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo_Pizza

^ Russian politics aside, Dodo has some impressive tech and processes.

It was also the start of the rush to full neo feudalism. Many conflate capitalism (oppossed) with what we had after the USSR got weak capitalism(unopossed). Turns out the remarkable archievments happen with systemic competition.
That is indeed a loaded symbol