seventy year long tend to make reality fit a theory at least economically speaking that's bringing yorkhill in it from a business. experience communism firsthand when you grew up in east germany until the wall came down so what was communism like when you lived in eastern europe you experienced all the flaws of communism communism means that you have no right to own property let's say you own land or a company or even a little tiny corner shop the government took it away from you and of you as a no no as a neighbor spoke up against against this redistribution you were called a counter-revolutionary and you could end up in prison all the companies belong to the government and everybody was supposed to be equal so everybody got pretty much equal pay even if you were lazy you got as much as someone who was hard working let's say you had a brilliant idea which helped the company a great deal all you got was a pat on the shoulder on maybe a bonus at the. end of the year so that was it and meanwhile we germans saw how west germany was benefiting from all of its liberties democracy the right to ow