comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agowhat is the communist response to Kennedy's famous Berlin Wall quote: "...democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in..."www.jfklibrary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarePaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days agoWait, i thought that the Berlin wall encircled West Berlin, which was part of West Germany? If, so, when looking at a map…
minus-squarenewacctidk [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·5 days agoYeah in the west it is never taught where the border was. I’ve seen people say the Berlin Wall was the border of the cold war, like bro more than half the width of the DDR is west of the wall.
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoI think this is the context that is always omitted from the Western analysis, thanks
minus-squareiByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI suppose all of Berlin was also surrounded by another wall? Because if not, couldn’t people from West Berlin just go around the wall?
Wait, i thought that the Berlin wall encircled West Berlin, which was part of West Germany?
If, so, when looking at a map…
Yeah in the west it is never taught where the border was. I’ve seen people say the Berlin Wall was the border of the cold war, like bro more than half the width of the DDR is west of the wall.
I think this is the context that is always omitted from the Western analysis, thanks
I suppose all of Berlin was also surrounded by another wall? Because if not, couldn’t people from West Berlin just go around the wall?