East Europeans have got the T-shirt (or have waited for one) when it comes to restrictions
‘This is not like communism because we know this will end. During communism we didn’t think it would ever end’
27 March 2020 - 18:15
Prague/Warsaw — Eastern Europeans with strong memories of authoritarian communist rule have taken a “been there, done that” attitude to the restrictions on free movement and shortages of some basic goods caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The shuttered stores, sealed borders and other measures have revived memories of life behind the old “Iron Curtain” before the fall of Communism and advent of democracy in 1989...
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