With the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union (USSR) agreeing on dividing Germany into occupation zones, Stalin's Soviet section saw more than 3.5 million East Germans, 20% of the entire East German population, defecting from the East into West Berlin so built chain fences, walls, minefields
and other obstacles along the length of East Germany's western border with West Germany and a huge no man's land cleared to provide a clear line of fire at any escapees.
Under the Soviet rule, East Germany described itself as a socialist workers and peasants state and was run by the German Communist leaders backed by Soviet troops and made the teaching of Marxism–Leninism and the Russian language compulsory in schools in the GDR.
Housing, basic goods and services were heavily subsidized and set by central government and it did become the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc and in a referendum 95% of East Germans voted to keep the wall although how viable a referendum is when the people asking the questions are heavilly armed is debatable.
The GDR ceased in 1989, Germany was unified and the Berlin Wall was pulled down and one of the first faces they saw was Baywatch actor and not very good singer David Hasselhoff who gave a concert on the Wall which led to call of 'ARRGHH...Errichtet die verdammte Mauer wieder!' or 'ARRGHH...Put that blooody wall back up!'
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So, that is your lame recap of how much leftist ideals and leftist governments like socialism and communism suck?
Yet, you want socialism for the UK and the rest of the world. And you praise leftists like Che, but forget to call Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Xi leftists and forget to really describe the horrors they inflicted on their own peoples... hmmmm.
You just don't make sense Lucy.
now here is where you tell me I don't understand socialism. the ussr and cuba don't reflect what your peers say when they talk about socialism...
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