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> give an example of a country that hasn't had to use violence to exit a communistic regime DDR, People's Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia... Basically the onl

> give an example of a country that hasn't had to use violence to exit a communistic regime DDR, People's Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia... Basically the only country in Europe that didn't exit Communism peacefully was Yugoslavia, and the reason for the violence wasn't Communism, it was resurgent nationalism/religion.

Fjolsvith 7y ago
That's a poor example. The 200,000 people imprisoned by the secret police during their reign would not approve. "East Germany made about 200,000 people into political prisoners." [1] 1. https://www.dw.com/en/gdrs-victims-continue-fight-for-justice-and-recognition/a-41231690 https://www.dw.com/en/gdrs-victims-continue-fight-for-justic...
- shaki-dora 7y ago
  You seem to have trouble understanding even your own arguments. Above, you asked for "an example of a country that hasn't had to use violence to exit a communistic regime". So, pray tell: how exactly were East Germany's political prisoners instrumental in...ending that very regime imprisoning them?
hjkjhwe9084 7y ago
Romania... Edit: hilarious, I'm getting downvoted for pointing out that the toppling of communism in Romania was very violent. Never expected HN to be a red block stronghold. Kind of hilarious.
- friedman23 7y ago
  You should've been here when Fidel Castro died, all of HN was mourning.
kazinator 7y ago
These peaceful exits were only possible because of the collapse of the USSR! Here is how the first attempt went down in Czechoslovakia, some twenty-one years prior to the Velvet Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring The difference was that the Soviet machine was in full swing then. They rolled in the tanks, and that was that. Poland, 1981-83: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland
- gerikson 7y ago
  > These peaceful exits were only possible because of the collapse of the USSR! The formal end of the DDR preceded the end of the USSR.

Fjolsvith 7y ago

That's a poor example. The 200,000 people imprisoned by the secret police during their reign would not approve. "East Germany made about 200,000 people into political prisoners." [1] 1. https://www.dw.com/en/gdrs-victims-continue-fight-for-justice-and-recognition/a-41231690 https://www.dw.com/en/gdrs-victims-continue-fight-for-justic...

shaki-dora 7y ago
You seem to have trouble understanding even your own arguments. Above, you asked for "an example of a country that hasn't had to use violence to exit a communistic regime". So, pray tell: how exactly were East Germany's political prisoners instrumental in...ending that very regime imprisoning them?

hjkjhwe9084 7y ago

Romania... Edit: hilarious, I'm getting downvoted for pointing out that the toppling of communism in Romania was very violent. Never expected HN to be a red block stronghold. Kind of hilarious.

friedman23 7y ago
You should've been here when Fidel Castro died, all of HN was mourning.

kazinator 7y ago

These peaceful exits were only possible because of the collapse of the USSR! Here is how the first attempt went down in Czechoslovakia, some twenty-one years prior to the Velvet Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring The difference was that the Soviet machine was in full swing then. They rolled in the tanks, and that was that. Poland, 1981-83: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland

gerikson 7y ago
> These peaceful exits were only possible because of the collapse of the USSR! The formal end of the DDR preceded the end of the USSR.