Today November 9th, is the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, so in honor of that landmark event, it will be my subject today.
Today November 9th, is the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, so in honor of that landmark event, it will be my subject today.
knocking down the wall
Really just thinking that a countries government was strong enough and gutsy enough to build a wall to keep its subjects IN is crazy in itself. Today we propose building walls to keep people out (i.e. Mexico), and openly tell people they are free to leave the country if they don't believe in what we do.
Obviously the world is much different now, it was built right after WWII had ravaged Europe and the Soviets were worried about top scientist leaving the country and creating a "brain drain" as well as looking weak compared to the democratic west.
Still when you think of how today people get up in arms and protest about everything, its hard to imaging a country even thinking of entraping its population let alone attempting such an extreme effort. If the army tried to step in to stop, the world media would be up in arms. I think this event really speaks to how much the world has changed in the last several decades. I guess the evil dictator in me would like to see some country try it, just to see how things would play out. (My guess is it would end with a few people dieing and then the international community stepping in and crushing the efforts) I mean look, The United States has tried to ban people from going to Cuba and couldn't accomplish that.
Oh well, not that long of a blog today, just some thoughts on a major world event.
knocking down the wall
Really just thinking that a countries government was strong enough and gutsy enough to build a wall to keep its subjects IN is crazy in itself. Today we propose building walls to keep people out (i.e. Mexico), and openly tell people they are free to leave the country if they don't believe in what we do.
Obviously the world is much different now, it was built right after WWII had ravaged Europe and the Soviets were worried about top scientist leaving the country and creating a "brain drain" as well as looking weak compared to the democratic west.
Still when you think of how today people get up in arms and protest about everything, its hard to imaging a country even thinking of entraping its population let alone attempting such an extreme effort. If the army tried to step in to stop, the world media would be up in arms. I think this event really speaks to how much the world has changed in the last several decades. I guess the evil dictator in me would like to see some country try it, just to see how things would play out. (My guess is it would end with a few people dieing and then the international community stepping in and crushing the efforts) I mean look, The United States has tried to ban people from going to Cuba and couldn't accomplish that.
Oh well, not that long of a blog today, just some thoughts on a major world event.
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