Posted on 02/18/2019 5:58:21 PM PST by Hojczyk
Er … suuuuure it is. The only way anyone could assert this with a straight face, let alone with the smug dismissal Ocasio-Cortez displays here, is to be entirely ignorant of the post-war history of Berlin, Germany, and the deep desire to flee the communist system in both. A quick search on “Berlin Wall history” for the woefully uneducated would land on this entry in Encylopaedia Britannica:
In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany, including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers, professionals, and intellectuals. Their loss threatened to destroy the economic viability of the East German state. In response, East Germany built a barrier to close off East Germans’ access to West Berlin and hence West Germany. That barrier, the Berlin Wall, was first erected on the night of August 12–13, 1961, as the result of a decree passed on August 12 by the East German Volkskammer (“Peoples’ Chamber”).
The Berlin Wall’s “moral abomination” came from its intent to trap people inside a communist system when they wanted to flee — at which it largely succeeded for its 28-year lifespan. East Germany arrested more than 5,000 people attempting to cross over it into West Berlin and freedom, and they shot and killed at least 191 people in the attempt. Only 5,000 crossed over into freedom during its three-decade abomination. They didn’t care a whit if anyone wanted to enter East Berlin.
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Her head is like a maraca. A fine product of the education system
The Berlin Wall, and the militarized border between DDR and BRD were built by communists to keep people from illegally LEAVING the communist side. Communists build prison walls to keep oppressed people "in". Free people build fortress walls to keep invaders "out"
I love her. I feel so smart when she speaks.
I don't think she understands the situation at hand.
International Relations, not economics. She minored in econ.
Be that as it may, one must wonder how she did on those few economics courses - or how many she had to take to get a declared minor.
...or even if she's telling the truth
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