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Well, the Berlin Wall opening was caused by the press speaker of the GDR government accidentally claiming that the border was to be opened immediately. Also, the man (Günter Schabowski) was one of the “Wendehälse”: people who opportunistically condemned the GDR, socialism and all its aspects to gain the praise of liberals after the government fell in spite of having been in high political positions as early as 1978.
“This city should not exist. It is a monument to man’s arrogance” - King of the Hill
To Sway US Voters in which direction?
To the party that hates China (Blue) or the party that hates China (Red)?
It’s 100% a TERF Dogwhistle
What would a color revolution even change in Poland? All the governments since 1990 have been fanatically pro-American
I turn away from the mirror
In every American community, you have varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally.
- Phil Ochs, Love Me I’m a Liberal, 1968
The fall of the USSR was objectively a tragedy for humanity.