Comment by nephihaha

23 days ago

That wall is to keep people out from another state, not in.

After all, they kept Paul Robeson in by simply pulling his passport, no wall needed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson#:~:text=A%20month...

  • I don't need to go to Wikipedia to read about Robeson. Guy became a Stalin fan and crumbled mentally when he realised the USSR was not what it claimed. Great singer though.

    • I think part of what they didn't like was that in Old Man River, instead of singing:

        Git a little drunk
        An' you lands in jail
      

      for Moscow audiences he sang:

        Show a little grit
        And you land in jail

That's how east berlin marketed it too, it still features bi-directional blocking abilities, like all walls.