Whenever I see opinion poll maps on :reddit-logo: from Europe with questions like

  • Would you be ok with your son/daughter dating a person of a different race?

  • Would you be comfortable with your son/daughter dating a member of the same sex?

  • My country has too many immigrants, yes or no?

There is always a very noticeable difference between Western and Eastern Europe, with the West (and Scandanavia) being WAY more progressive, and Eastern European / former Soviet states being exceedingly conservative, particularly countries like Czech.

Why is this?

Maybe I’m just naive but I would think that the legacy of the USSR would cause the exact opposite tendency.

I also have no real context as I have never stepped foot in The Old World.

  • American_Communist22 [she/her,comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    When everything collapses, many fell to religion and other such nonsense to give their life meaning. The further CIA and Private Corp involvement in privatization and co-option of the governments in the area caused them to become far more right wing.