> You are either a Russian troll, someone with an undisclosed agenda, or a naive 13 y/o. Woah, the personal attack because someone has a different opinion and

> You are either a Russian troll, someone with an undisclosed agenda, or a naive 13 y/o. Woah, the personal attack because someone has a different opinion and had a different experience than you. My family never had it bad during communism, still they didn't love it and large parts of my family emigrated to western Europe between the 70s and 80s. But that doesn't make socialist countries the miserable dystopias you paint, that was just never our experience. The reason why parts of my family emigrated is simply because life in western Europe was more comfortable and enjoyed more freedom (of movement especially). If anything it seems that _you_ are the one spewing falsehood. I suspect part of the reason for the incorrect (in general) things you say is that you seem to be german from your profile, and yes, Eastern Germany was way more controlled and the epicenter of the things you describe. But cross the border to Poland, Yugoslavia or Ukraine and none of the things you describe were anywhere part of the average person's life.