"Egalitarian Marxism, a more human form of communism without terror orRussians, continued to have broad appeal. But the [crushing of] anti-Stalinistuprisings of 1956 in Hungary and 1968 in Czechoslovakia left [people] feelingbewildered, if not betrayed. What they got was 'vegetarian' communism.more goods, some travel abroad, less repression, but only the most mutedvoice in politics.Early 70s [communist] regimes looked stable, relatively prosperousand likely to endure. But the command economy couldn't uphold the socialcontract: [Soviet bloc countries] borrowed heavily from the West to maintainan aging industrial base and a standard of living comfortable enough tokeep populations relatively quiescent. [Foreign debt] and a cycle of fallingproductivity and growing discontent accelerated."Ronald Grigor Suny, "Empire Falls: The Revolutions of1989," The Nation, 2009 Based on the passage, it can be inferred that Suny might also support which of the following assertions?Your answer:O The communist regemes were purposefully undermined by Western interference in their economies.O The public's distaste for socialism doomed the communist governments from their beginnings.O The use of terror and abuse of human rights worsened as communist governments faced internal challenges.O Has the socialist economies performed better, communist governments might have stayed in power longer.

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&#34;Egalitarian Marxism, a more human form of communism without terror orRussians, continued to have broad appeal. But the [crushing of] anti-Stalinistuprisings of 1956 in Hungary and 1968 in Czechoslovakia left [people] feelingbewildered, if not betrayed. What they got was 'vegetarian' communism.more goods, some travel abroad, less repression, but only the most mutedvoice in politics.Early 70s [communist] regimes looked stable, relatively prosperousand likely to endure. But the command economy couldn't uphold the socialcontract: [Soviet bloc countries] borrowed heavily from the West to maintainan aging industrial base and a standard of living comfortable enough tokeep populations relatively quiescent. [Foreign debt] and a cycle of fallingproductivity and growing discontent accelerated.&#34;Ronald Grigor Suny, &#34;Empire Falls: The Revolutions of1989,&#34; The Nation, 2009 Based on the passage, it can be inferred that Suny might also support which of the following assertions?Your answer:O The communist regemes were purposefully undermined by Western interference in their economies.O The public's distaste for socialism doomed the communist governments from their beginnings.O The use of terror and abuse of human rights worsened as communist governments faced internal challenges.O Has the socialist economies performed better, communist governments might have stayed in power longer.

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