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Except for those who got shot when they tried to leave the country.
by davrosthedalek 8y ago
Except for those who got shot when they tried to leave the country.
- majewsky 8y agoSure, not disputing that. But our current telling of history emphasizes the misery of those in the GDR that disagreed with the doctrine, at the expense of millions of people who got by just fine. I'm seeing a lot of resentment in East Germans against elites as a result of that.
- 08-15 8y agoThe two million people (out of 17 million) who worked for Miniluv (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, known as Stasi, an oppressive secret service comparable to the earlier Gestapo) got by just fine.
- majewsky 8y agoI appreciate that you've stepped back a long way from your initial assertion that nuclear war is literally better than living in the GDR.