Shared by Jon
Interesting thought.
I don't think that history classes have taught the recent generations enough about what the cold war meant. I'm just one data point but i'm curious what others think.

Communism was the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century, and one of the greatest in human history. Twenty years ago, suddenly and improbably, it fell into its death throes. The end began the night of Nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall was opened, allowing East Germans to leave t...