Communism Was Replaced By The Threat Of

I Was Paid To Read Western Economic Texts. In A Way, The Regime Paid For Their Own Undermining.

By The Time I Returned To Czechoslovakia, I Had An Understanding Of The Principles Of The Market.

As Someone Who Lived Under Communism For Most Of My Life I Feel Obliged To Say That The Biggest Threat To Freedom, Democracy, The Market Economy And Prosperity At The Beginning Of The 21st Century Is Not Communism Or Its Various Softer Variants. Communism Was Replaced By The Threat Of Ambitious Environmentalism.

Then In 1969, I Spent The Spring Term At Cornell University In New York. The Invasion Of August 1968 Had Already Happened, But The Hardline Regime Took Several Months To Crack Down On Dissidents.

Eu Expansion Is, Unfortunately, Continuing Without A Constitution, As A Gradual Process Of Standardization - And That's Far More Dangerous. It Is Very Difficult To Slow Down This Process, Which Is Being Pushed Forward Without Significant Public Participation.