Do you really think England would have been willing to let Canada go without violent precedent? Point is, I don't know if the future US had Canada's options. A

Do you really think England would have been willing to let Canada go without violent precedent? Point is, I don't know if the future US had Canada's options. And about Hungary and economy, there is a Diaspora of tech workers from Hungary; the country is obviously badly managed. A pity. And about revolution, don't forget that Hungary tried one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 It might have been that history which resulted in harder Soviet control -- and a bit worse transfer to freedom, than the rest of Eastern Europe in 1989?