[sakjur]

Animats did not claim otherwise AFAICT. The forming of a union in Poland in 1980 is something I’ve been taught was one of the earliest public signs that Kremlin was losing its grasp over the east bloc. That’s not at all incompatible with Soviet falling apart due to internal problems.

[dh2022]

Well I read Animats’ comment in the context of activism producing change - not in the context of activism being a symptom of change…