Losing Soviet Control Over Eastern Europe 1

[TheVahan6]

LECH WALESA! Underrated man. Not the Berlin wall, the first was Solidarity in Poland

[israeljew2220]

well now eastern europe is capitalist...

people are poor i just saw a video about people in ukraine and moldova selling organs because of property.

people are sturving and have no jobs.

crime is sky high and life is shit over there.

i'm SURE that 99.9% of the people there would agree that life there was better under communism

[onelittlesmile1]

@israeljew2220 We live better life than before in communism and nobody is starving in my country nor in Czech republic or Poland

[MrThorn88]

Poalnd disintegrated communism in central europe and started fall of CCCP.We first got free and enabled Germany and others to do the same.

[soverato3]

gorbachev was a weak egg.. he should've reformed the union and saved it

leninism is the best for russia not nasty capitalism...

[tannalv]

@soverato3 How is capitalism not good for Russia?! Capitalism freed Russia from communism! Capitalism is democratic. The people of Russia are free now, they no longer live in communist slavery - THANKS TO CAPITALISM!

The world needs communism about as much as it needs fascism.

[soverato3]

@tannalv haha capitalism is modern slavery!! it makes use of the weakness of the people not here strengh!

its made by the rich, for the rich! it isnt democratic you can only chose between rich leaders that only care about there own pocket and if the banks make profit: they keep it but if the make big loses, we pay those who have money have might is that fair? democratic? i dont think so...

the ussr was a socialist state not communist, that was there end goal which the necer accieved =(

[tannalv]

@soverato3 Capitalism is freedom to choose, freedom to be what you want to be and freedom to do what you want to do. If that's slavery, then I wonder what you think freedom is! ;)

If you work hard under capitalism you become rich. If you're lazy and don't work you don't make money. It's simple but fair.

There is no doubt communism is slavery. Even your channel says "slave to the cccp"! haha :P

[soverato3]

@tannalv keep dreaming man.... keep dreaming....... lets see how you think about this over 10years....

[tannalv]

@soverato3 What? You think communism will change in 10 years? You should go to America once. I'm sure you'd change your mind. :)

[soverato3]

@tannalv ive been there once and yes i changed my mind... and turned to communism =)

[Skulb1984]

The best way to guarantee a pro-democracy, pro-capitalism populace is for a foreign army to force authoritarian communism upon them.

[Slavko961234]

Eastern Europe is finally free of Zionist control.

[serbin16m]

The Olympics were WAYYYY more interesting during this time

[bioshockftw123]

:Continued: Representative Democracy = Republic Direct Democracy = true Democracy.

[bioshockftw123]

So many people don't know what Communism and Democracy really are. Communism is a stateless classless oppression free society where the means of production are run democratically by the proletariat this is all straight from the Communist Manifesto. Democracy is where everyone's voice is heard and not just the whispers of big business. True Democracy is direct Democracy which hasn't been used since ancient Athens. Everything you see today is Representative Democracy which is not true Democracy.

[Michthemitch]

@WineBeerLover it was such oo great time when the iron curtain still existed..

[Michthemitch]

The russians want Eastern Europe back in this times !!!!

[harrikelm]

@Michthemitch no one want them back...

[poligon333]

In 1956 Hungary was the only one who stood up to Russia, and the west turn the back on them, probably because there was no oil in Hungary .

[waterboy7809]

@poligon333 would have started ww3

[serbin16m]

@poligon333 Or because WWII had just ended and the US did not want to fight the USSR that could lead to nuclear war!!!

[oralturinabol]

Also among the internal pressures faced by Gorbachev are those of the nomenklatura, frightened to lose its privileges under a liberal and press-free government. But the real factor that ended up undermining communism was the sudden exposure of the regime's lies, corruption, inefficiency and economic stagnation that came with Glasnost. Just picture the impact of finding out that the leaders you so dearly trusted from reading Pravda suddenly become thugs, racketeers and money launderers.

[DestroyerAlexandros]

international capital and international bolshevism are the same shit

[MrNiceGuyNot]

Gorbachev was a visionary. A true russian patriot. Just listen carefully to what he says.

[lenaharo]

Сука! Горбачев. 

[DamnControl2]

and Our EDSA revolution, the first revolution that lead to the collapse of our dictator was forgotten.

[eflint1]

If communism is so wonderful, then why did so many people flee to the West when given the chance? Hey Chavez, are you paying attention?

[rukieishere]

Because Americans kept using propaganda to shut us down to make them think it is very greener on the other side but when they got to the other side they found out it was a yellowish green

[eflint1]

Nice try, but I know too many people who fled the communist block to believe you. They weren't expecting perfection from our system. But they did want basic liberties and more economic opportunity, which they found.

[NZderCambro]

new zealand in the 80's saw a massive brain drain with thousands moving across to australia every year. in fact thousands still head to australia every year. But our media puts its own Bias/spin on things. Plus the communists sealed thier borders so it was harder to leave the country so that also made the problem worse. Im sure if New Zealand sealed its borders to stop the brain drain people would still try to "Defect"

[FFulmenTheFinnish]

@eflint1 Not to mention the 150-200 million people different Communist governments throughout the world have murdered in the past 100 or so years.

[chromelemon]

@eflint1 Do you really think Chavez is watching this? If so, I have some seaside property in Arizona that I would like to sell you.

[choppergunner123]

@eflint1 there has never been a pure version of communism

[Lillymill]

@eflint1

Because they believed that there are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese. ;-)

[bradykroeker999]

imagine what would have happened if the soviet union and the warsaw pack have not disolved.I don't want to think about it.

[FAHayek89]

Overall, a great video, but this is a very rosy view of Gorbachev. It ignores the internal pressures of the Solidarity movement, hard power pressures from the U.S. and the west, and the soft pressure from John Paul II. Gorbachevs decisions were made as much out of external pressure as out of any respect for Eastern Europe or love of freedom.

[FAHayek89]

Not to mention major internal economic pressures in the USSR that limited their freedom to act.

[LKHK76]

@FAHayek89 I agree, Gorbachev's greatest contribution to history was being realist enough to simply let it go in 1989, although he could easily choose the "Chinese solution" and drown the whole region in blood as he hed the military means available throughout the occupied CEE Europe. And considering who was in power before him and after him I think it's a quite an achievement for a Russian.

[LKHK76]

@FAHayek89 Also, what was unique and fortunate for the outcome of 1989 was the constellation on the world stage. With people like Thatcher, Khol or Reagan in the west and fairly humanlike and reasonable Gorbachev on the other side of the fence.

Can you imagine "Fall of the Berlin Wall" had there been someone like thuggish Putin ruling the Kremlin or naive Obama sitting in the White House???

[joaquinveyron]

@FAHayek89 Nevertheless, Mr. Gorbachev was the key figure of Glasnost and Perestroika that finally led to the opening of the communist regime and at the end to freedom.

[FAHayek89]

@joaquinveyron True, but when assigning responsibility, one must ask questions about available options. Structurally, his options were quite limited and as much an attempt to maintain Soviet power, albeit at the expense of the empire, as to free and liberate people. Of course, he deserves some credit. He could have attempted a crackdown instead, but it is not clear the Soviets could have afforded a crackdown in the long term.

[joaquinveyron]

@FAHayek89 Just realize that a few decades ago, you were simply sent off to a gulag, if you disagreed with the communists and if it only would have been about wearing a black or a red coat. Taking this into consideration, Gorbachev almost appears to be a saint.

[DaliJim]

Thanks for your videos :-) Interresting!