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Wolfie
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I had a history professor who took the view that it was inevitable, and would likely happen in our lifetimes, as the countries of Eastern Europe would not stand being repressed for more than a couple of generations and that, once they started to break loose, the shit would hit the fan.
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Hungary, 1956.
Czechoslovakia, 1968.
It's not like the concept of freedom was unknown behind the Iron Curtain. I wouldn't mind reading a good history of East Germany at the end which explains why they lost the will to keep repressing people. I'm sure it had something to do with Reagan's resoluteness and moral example.
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