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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by testrun on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:15AM (#32658306)
And if you compare current eastern Germany as opposed to the DDR, current inhabitants have it so much better. Another group that did not improve are the stans (Kazakstan and related countries).
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by coldtea on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:50PM (#32665818)
>And if you compare current eastern Germany as opposed to the DDR, current inhabitants have it so much better

Depends on what you mean by better. For example they're much worse thrown in the rat race

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by petre on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:35AM (#32658414)
They're all run by lifelong presidents, with the exception of Kyrgystan, which is now basically a Chinese colony. So no real democracy there.
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