East Germans desperately flee Communism.
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Posted in r/ActualPublicFreakouts by u/HannibalK • 9,493 points and 952 comments

Imagine swimming across the river to find a McDonald's, "Aw fuck, we gave up a better life in the GDR for this?" Freedom fries, indeed

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  • science_pope [any]
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    4 years ago

    Later she told us: They couldn't just shoot because they could have shot into something else.

    So apparently the evil communists refused to kill people because they might accidentally harm some, like, dirt and trees?