Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
April 30, 2012
Berlin Gripped by 'Ostalgia' for Communist Past
The Berlin Wall effectively kept East Germans captive in one of the world's most hardline communist regimes.