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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3870915" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Having spent 7 months in 4 formerly communist countries I can say that there&#039;s very little comparison between them and the U.S..&nbsp; Or Canada.&nbsp; Some small pockets of prosperity in an otherwise bleak economic world.&nbsp; And the pockets of prosperity are due to embracing capitalism.&nbsp; Before that, according to people who live there, they literally had nothing.&nbsp; They are slowly getting away from the devastation that communism caused but it&#039;ll be a tough climb out of it.&nbsp; You think that we have it so bad in the States but compared to average people in many of these places our poor are rich.&nbsp; However those people are very decent people who are optimistic about their future.&nbsp; Family and traditions are still very important and while poor materially many are rich in spirit.&nbsp; Compare that to many in the West who judge everyone by the size of their bank account and think life is unfair if they don&#039;t live in a mini-mansion with all the toys.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 3870915, member: 24302"] Having spent 7 months in 4 formerly communist countries I can say that there's very little comparison between them and the U.S.. Or Canada. Some small pockets of prosperity in an otherwise bleak economic world. And the pockets of prosperity are due to embracing capitalism. Before that, according to people who live there, they literally had nothing. They are slowly getting away from the devastation that communism caused but it'll be a tough climb out of it. You think that we have it so bad in the States but compared to average people in many of these places our poor are rich. However those people are very decent people who are optimistic about their future. Family and traditions are still very important and while poor materially many are rich in spirit. Compare that to many in the West who judge everyone by the size of their bank account and think life is unfair if they don't live in a mini-mansion with all the toys. [/QUOTE]

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