I know several former East Germans. None of them was happy. They all agree that things are better now. You don’t have a good example.
To the extent that the bourgeoisie are able to vote, buy political ads, hire private police, use private schools which reinforce their preferences, etc this will never fly. Again you need to find a third way that is popular. My solution is regulation, but I would happily jump on a bandwagon that has people on it. GDR is not that bandwagon.
Very glib. My point remains though - if this stuff were popular, it would be used more. So why don’t we have it in the US? How do you propose to get around that?
I know several former East Germans. None of them was happy. They all agree that things are better now. You don’t have a good example.
To the extent that the bourgeoisie are able to vote, buy political ads, hire private police, use private schools which reinforce their preferences, etc this will never fly. Again you need to find a third way that is popular. My solution is regulation, but I would happily jump on a bandwagon that has people on it. GDR is not that bandwagon.
Guess we can pack up all of political theory, this guy has an anecdote
"You don’t have a good example because I know a handful of people (who children or not born when the USSR dissolved)
Very glib. My point remains though - if this stuff were popular, it would be used more. So why don’t we have it in the US? How do you propose to get around that?
How old are they?
50s now, so went to college during reunification.