Yes, definitly, there are places in the world where such relevations are much worse with much more dire consequences -- I have nothing but utmost respect for pe

Yes, definitly, there are places in the world where such relevations are much worse with much more dire consequences -- I have nothing but utmost respect for people that still don't bow under such pressure -- I am sure I couldn't do it. I was born in the eastern part of Germany, when it was still called "GDR". Most people here still have quite some "paranoia towards the government", pretty much understandably so. I was too young to experience it myself but I know a lot of stories from my family members on how life was in these times, especially how you had to maintain a double persona in public life and be always on guard on what to tell people and whom to trust.