A child who believed West Germany and South Korea were better societies than East Germany and North Korea, and that those juxtapositions illustrated the superiority of regulated capitalism over communism, would be correct. (A child's understanding of history is often more correct than a communist's understanding of history.)
A child who believed West Germany and South Korea were better societies than East Germany and North Korea, and that those juxtapositions illustrated the superiority of regulated capitalism over communism, would be correct. (A child's understanding of history is often more correct than a communist's understanding of history.)
@conor64 Also Epirus in Northwest Greece was split very arbitrary after WWII between Greece and communist Albania (where my family is from). The difference after 40 years was stark. In living standards and freedom. If you tried to escape to Greece, the commies shot you.
@conor64 This how desperate people were to escape communism. August 1991. albaniandailynews.com/news/albanians…
@PeterMoskos @conor64 A Pyrrhic Vivisectomy for the Albanian Epirotes
@PeterMoskos @conor64 You can tell a lot about a country by whether they feel comfortable letting their citizens leave their borders.