Were the events of 1989/1991 good to the mankind?

[buritobr]

The events of 1989/1991 are the fall of the communist bloc.

I vote no.
It was good only for the central/eastern European countries close to western Europe: east Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary.

The poverty increased in many former soviet republics. Besides, they are not enjoying liberal democracies. One kind of autocratism was replaced by another.

The quality of life in the developed capitalist countries was higher than the quality of life in the communist bloc. However, the existence of the communist bloc was good for the working class of the developed capitalist countries. The competition against the communist bloc made the capitalist become more suitable for the working class. Life in the communist bloc was boring, the consumption goods were not as good as they were in the developed capitalist world, but the population in the communist bloc had the basic: house, food, education, health, employment, pensions. The communism increased the bargain power of the parties in the capitalist world which wanted to increase the social safety net.

The world did not become safer after 1989/1991. A nationalist Russia is more dangerous than a communist Russia. Besides, soon after the fall of communist, many former soviet weapons were sold to terrorists.

For most of the inhabitants of the Earth, life is better in 2017 than it was in 1989. Due to technological changes. Life was better in 1989 than it was in 1961. Life was better in 1961 than it was in 1933.

The country in which most people left poverty was China, a country that gradually adopted capitalism, but kept the Communist Party in the power.