--- Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> [WS:] No. It depends on the stage of thier
> development and modernization.
>
> The Soviet era was a net plus for the less developed
> countries of Eastern Europe, like Poland, the
> Balkans,
> or perhaps Hungary because it offered them a quick
> path for modernization while getting rid of the
> vestiges of the feudal system and its clericalism.
> However, its track record for more developed
> countries
> of EE (like Chechoslovakia or GDR) is less clear,
> and
> I think it was a net loss at the end of the day.
>
> Based on that I think it would be a great loss for
> the
> more advanced/modernized Western European countries.
>
>
> Wojtek
>
>
>
>
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