lets go back just a few short years from 91 .............the risk was if u tried to simply vote with you feet..............
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,605967,00.html
to a large extent that has nothing to do with capitalism or communism.
that has to do with freedom of movement.
Have a bo peep at the dempgraphic changes in places like Russia per se over the last 15 years.
I have seen both sides of the fence ( wall) literally.
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