Today I went on line looking for an English version of the GDR constitution — and couldn’t find one. Maybe my google skills are lacking — or maybe that constitution was so meaningless and corrupt and a lie that not even the most idiotic of modern communists bother with the pretense.
If there was anything enduring in the GDR, it’s fundamental statement of principles ought be out there for us to emulate and adore.
Don’t you remember the words to the East German National Anthem:
“Hail Hail East Germany
Land of vine and grape
Land where you’ll regret
Any try to escape
No matter if you take a running jump,
or tunnel under the wall
Forget it, the guards will kill you—
if the electrified fence doesn’t first”