A Glimpse of what is coming here in the US

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2014)

One of the most moving films I have seen in a long time. And by comparison, just this week I watched "Life is Beautiful" for the first time... Does a very good job of showing the ruin that socialism/communism wreaks on the human soul. The absolute lifelessness of East Germany is laid bare for all to see. And the falsity that is socialism -- the control and management of peoples' lives by bureaucrats -- is revealed to be such a ridiculous system, as bureaucrats are no smarter or competent or honest or ethical or principled or incorruptible as anyone else, if not much less. It is amazing to me that the fall of socialism/communism happened so recently, and films like this tell a very compelling story of socialism/communism's horrendous flaws, but still the concept lives on. Amazing... And it will all be repeated. Right here in the USA. As it is already going that way. The spying, the informing, "Say something if you see something"... Will we never learn? Are we doomed to repeat the same dreadful mistakes over and over and over? Moving movie. Hopefully also eye-opening, to what is starting to take form right here in America.