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Everybody wants to be free, make their own decisions, be able to communicate freely, and most important, be in charge of their lives. However, sometimes it is not up to the individual persons to decide. I was born in Latvia when it was still under communist rule. ....

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.... many will never recover. Even though described as perfect form of government, communism has caused mare pain to so many absolutely innocent people than anything else. (Britanica) I was also in Latvia 8 years ago when Latvia along with two other Baltic States, Estonia and Lithuania, regained their independence and became free countries once again. The time goes by really fast, but even though Latvia has a democratic form of government, now all of the post- communism countries face more problems than ever. But if they overcome them, there will be prosperity and the countries will reach economic independence. People cannot forget their history; t ....