This kinda whitewashes a lot of terrible shit that happened behind the Iron Curtain. Many Romanians suffered under the tyrannical rule of Ceaușescu, or the Yugoslavians under Tito. For many good honest proletariats, especially during the latter days of the Soviet Union, suffering was about the only thing being evenly distributed.

Now certainly, you can point much of the blame at Soviet leadership of the time who were content to allow these monsters to remain in power as long as quotas were met, as opposed to a particular failing of any political system, but I’d never go as far as to belittle people who were starving.

Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, expressed reservations about Gomez’s views during her June nomination hearing, saying he was not “comfortable” that she “possesses the independence and regulatory humility necessary for confirmation.”

Funny how this is always an issue for Republicans, meanwhile they railroad through the most partisan hacks you’ll ever see the second they have an opportunity to fill a seat. Fuck them and fuck the Republicans pretending to be Dems like Joe Manchin.