Re:How the Berlin Wall Really Fell
by aragot on Saturday November 08, 2014 @05:28AM
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They quote:
- The political reform started 4 years earlier by Mikail Gorbatchev, which was designed to reinforce the party's strength in exchange for softening very few things.
- The disorganization of the Party and the lack of trust within the Stasi,
- The press conference of Nov 9., where the administrator said something about travels, which wasn't reported acurately but which included words like "effective immediately".
- The massive amount of people in front of the gates.
I would love to have more details about the Perestroika and the reform background. One does not simply walk up with a crowd to a checkpoint without thinking about Tiananmen. I've always wondered whether Gorbatchev had desired freedom for his people and subtely acted to make such events happen.
- The political reform started 4 years earlier by Mikail Gorbatchev, which was designed to reinforce the party's strength in exchange for softening very few things.
- The disorganization of the Party and the lack of trust within the Stasi,
- The press conference of Nov 9., where the administrator said something about travels, which wasn't reported acurately but which included words like "effective immediately".
- The massive amount of people in front of the gates.
I would love to have more details about the Perestroika and the reform background. One does not simply walk up with a crowd to a checkpoint without thinking about Tiananmen. I've always wondered whether Gorbatchev had desired freedom for his people and subtely acted to make such events happen.