Socialism

During the Cold War, Berlin highlighted the consequences of communism.

"A quite homogeneous population, with very much the same history, culture, character structure, work ethics, divided after Hitler-Germany’s defeat in World War II.
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The standard of living in the West is so much higher and has become relatively more so over time, that despite the transfer of considerable amounts of money from West to East by government as well as private citizens and increasingly socialist policies in the West, the visitor going from West to East is simply stunned as he enters an almost completely different, impoverished world."

So we learned.

The Secret Service not like in the movies. More like Keystone Kops.

"A Secret Service agent guarding the White House was chatting on a personal cell phone, did not have his radio earpiece in, and had left a second radio in his locker when a man climbed the fence in September.

According to a review obtained by The New York Times, the incident could have been easily prevented. Stopping short of comparing the Secret Service unfavorably to Paul Blart: Mall Cop – who actually did his job properly – the review found that the officer, who was stationed on the North Lawn with an attack dog, didn’t notice the breach until he saw another officer chasing after the intruder."

So much for that propaganda.