[AlexW]

"Having personal possessions is against the law in Europe...except for the Socialist Elite.."

Please explain, or stop making absurd and stupid claims.

[aligncare]

It looks to me like Dallas was being deliberately hyperbolic just for effect. I understood his point.

I have friends from the former Soviet Union who tell of the envy they saw inherent in socialist countries. If you had possessions--you feared displaying them.