When it became clear and undeniable from the 1960s onwards that the West was able to provide the masses with the well-being that communism could not, economic issues were set aside, and it began to be said that the goal of communism was to overcome alienation (i.e., self-realization). Thus, the focus shifted from struggles to achieve the well-being of the masses to themes that were defined as radical chic. Unfortunately, this attitude of much of the left, still nostalgic for the communist dream, persists and thus contributes to the success of the right, which is garnering increasing support in poorer neighborhoods, once strongholds of the left.