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Overview of the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

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  • 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.

  • 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?

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

  • @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

  • @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 =(

  • @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.

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