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Wow, goes to show how people are gullible to their "memories", never stopping to question them. This could explain the "communism was better" ramblings you get from old farts quite well...

I... just don't get it. What I remember from my young is not that much but it all definitely happened and does not need any artistic license.

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It's a great understatement to say that the end of the Eastern Bloc could have been handled a whole lot better, especially from the perspective of people who would have been established or even happy with their lives under Communism: age 40+, educated, successful career at the Trabbi factory, just got to the top of the waiting list for an apartment, etc.

* This comment is not an endorsement of totalitarian governments

Are you guys lost? We're talking about a very fucking large TV here.

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