The Berlin Wall fell but happiness did not rise. My article, “The Legacy of Fear” by David Brooks, he talks about post communist states. He shows how badly most of them have done. He also shows that most of these countries were expected to come back to what they had been. Communism left a lasting negative mark on every communist country.

In, “The Legacy of Fear”, David Brooks states, “In the bottom group are

basket-case nations that haven’t even recovered the level of real income they had in

1990, as measured by real G.D.P. per capita.” This shows how dramatic this was. The

author also mentions that “To put it another way, only 10 percent of the people living in

post-communist nations are living in a place that successfully made the transition to

capitalism. Ninety percent are living under failed transitions of one sort or another.”

This really proves that communism is an awful thing that leaves an awful mark.

I believe that The United States must help out these countries. While we do not

believe in communism we should celebrate their removal of it from their countries. We

also think of them as people. People that desperately need our help. In summation, communism is wrecking countries in its wake but we must help them.

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