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By visiting former Eastern Bloc countries and living there for some years after they joined EU, I believe I understand the author. He misses Idealism and Intell
by galfarragem 5y ago
By visiting former Eastern Bloc countries and living there for some years after they joined EU, I believe I understand the author. He misses Idealism and Intellectualism and specially: time to pursue it. I miss it too - and I never lived there during that times.
Everything is a trade-off and this is certainly part of the price we pay to have full shelves.
- lucian1900 5y agoIt’s hard to not be bitter about it. Shelves are full, but people can afford less and less every year. And it was done at gunpoint by the western imperialist countries, with wars, coups, propaganda and sanctions. The author feels their past was lost, but many of us are furious our futures were stolen.