By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I hadn't left Czechoslovakia, I would have been dead.
I just happen to know quite a lot of what happened in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and the fall of Communism.
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.
Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.
Although I don't examine myself in this respect, I would say, off the top of my head, that I've come to acknowledge my Czechness more as I get older.
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.
Down through the centuries, the Czech Republic, the territory of the Czech Republic has been a place of cultural exchange.
Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.
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