Some current trends that remind me of the horrors we lived before 1990 in Eastern Europe: 1. Blind worship of "equality" 2. Control and censure of language, c

Some current trends that remind me of the horrors we lived before 1990 in Eastern Europe: 1. Blind worship of "equality" 2. Control and censure of language, communication and media 3. Demonization of money, successful people and corporations 4. Politicization of workplace and professional activities 5. Politicization of schools and academia 6. Polarization between "right" thinking and "evil/unacceptable/deplorable" people 7. Politically connected minorities overwriting democracy 8. Ceding more and more power and responsibility to governments from individuals and NGOs 9. Governmental intrusion in more and more aspects of our lives 10. More and more rules and regulations in our everyday lives in the name of stopping evil/wrong elements 11. Fall of meritocracy 12. Wishful thinking ignoring evidence of reality 13. Using guilt for historical misdeeds done by forefathers to silence contemporary groups I could go on, but I think this is a sufficient sample.