Liberty vs. Statism: How Quickly People Forget

From the Wall Street Journal, evidence that the struggle to win over people’s hearts and minds in favor of liberty may be never-ending:

Near a Lutheran church that was at the center of the 1989 protests, campaign supporters recently rallied for the Left. One particularly loud theme: The excesses that triggered today’s financial crisis wouldn’t have happened in East Germany.

Mrs. Wunnenburger heard the protests, then noted a nearby vendor selling a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables scarce in the days of Communism. “How quickly they forget,” she said.

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