I don't think that's propaganda undeserving of some of the Eastern block countries. I asked my grandma if she'd ever want to go back to Russia with me to visit

I don't think that's propaganda undeserving of some of the Eastern block countries. I asked my grandma if she'd ever want to go back to Russia with me to visit it one last time and she said something along the lines of "Death is the option I'd take before anyone dragged me back there". A lot of Iron Curtain people had a bad experiance and it's still a hot-bed of corruption but as many other things these countries being "good" or "bad" isn't black and white. They all have amazing culture, architecture, history, and people but they are "different" from western places. I only know what I have been told from my grandparents and from friends who have the money to travel. I don't mind what I've heard but it's really up to one's self to make such a choice.