The EU is nothing like the Soviet Union. That is itself propaganda, and undermines everything else you write. The fact that a majority of a country believes po

The EU is nothing like the Soviet Union. That is itself propaganda, and undermines everything else you write. The fact that a majority of a country believes populist propaganda is, unfortunately, not evidence of anything but the power of populist propaganda. It seems to me the Czech Republic has become far wealthier in the EU, in large part because of access to EU markets and due to the stability of EU institutions.