Well, of course, there was the ruling class, the party members. They are quite fond of the good old times when they ruled based on connections, politics and favors.

They hate with a passion the current times when people are able do better themselves and achieve their dreams on their own however they wish and wherever they wish, in freedom.

I’ve only talked to a handful of former party members.

What I did find is that those whose families were poor had most praise for socialist and condemnation for the return to poverty after 89. Freedom from poverty, hunger, homelessness, ignorance are important.

Former gentry, small business owners and fascists did hate socialism, indeed. The freedom to exploit others was what they wanted.

Secret police then - I bet they are in no hurry to admit their role in the commie shit show but there sure was an awful lot of them. You couldn't say one joke without an informant reporting it to the powers that be. Every group of friends had at least one and every family too.

And I wouldn't be so sure about the fascists hating socialists - weren't they even allies at some point? They seemed quite chummy to me. And they certainly had the same obsession with killing the ones they perceived as "guilty" for the whatever "societal injustices" their sick minds imagined.

"The poor" seemed quite happy to take off into the exploitative West to make some money after '89 though. ;-)