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Originally Posted by klinton
1. there were gulags...
2. soviet troops stationed but they didnt terrorize anyone (at least not +5 years after end of 2nd world war)...they just stayed mostly in their bases... other thing is, that they were there to ensure communism influence etc. yet, during martial law in Poland no soviet soldier were doing anything..they were just inside their bases
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The following picture was posted a page before...
then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungari...lution_of_1956 etcetc
also there is a house of terror in Budapest (
http://www.terrorhaza.hu/en/index_2.html) which holds exhibits related to
fascist and
communist dictatorial regimes.. just to make sure people don't forget how
both regimes where fucked up
Quote:
Originally Posted by klinton
3. they did f.. up economies, thats true...
4. brainwashing ? hm, depends...something tells me that maybe its better to be brainwashed with communist scholar system than with TV...anyway, of course there are brainwashed people..afraid of governmenet and its actions...if thats what you mean...it depends where also...in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary - not really... Ukraine, Belarus, Russia - etc. very probably, especially amongs older generations
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=KosJHGHwIcw
Such 'parades' were held here in the countries here, they would pay you some pennies if you would attend these to hold a flag or some bullshit..
looks similar ?
