You’re forgetting that the USSR was a rising country that already provided better safety nets, the US and western Europe copied them. When capitalism entered crisis, the bourgeoisie opted to bribe the working class with welfare to lower the chance of revolution, and make up for the loss with imperialism. With the dissolution of the USSR and diminished rates of profit overall, welfare became more expensive and thus the capitalists were free to roll those bribes back.
You’re forgetting that the USSR was a rising country that already provided better safety nets, the US and western Europe copied them. When capitalism entered crisis, the bourgeoisie opted to bribe the working class with welfare to lower the chance of revolution, and make up for the loss with imperialism. With the dissolution of the USSR and diminished rates of profit overall, welfare became more expensive and thus the capitalists were free to roll those bribes back.