Dominoes

Tomorrow is going to be 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall. Our news channels are drumming the news for the whole week, mostly celebrating the fall of communism and the victory for democracy. Only BBC in its series of reports from Berlin and former East Germany gives a picture of unsatisfied people, high unemplyment, high crime rate and general insecurity unheard of in the time of communism. Apparently, a huge percentage of population over 35 thinks life was better before.

Tomorrow, during the celebration, giant dominoes are being assembled at Brandenburg's Gate where the wall stood. They'll be toppled in domino effect to symbolize the fall of the wall and the eastern block. In the time since the wall, capitalism already toppled many people's dream for better life, but in this case the dominoes analogy doesn't work. Capitalism turned lives into houses made of cards and blew them away.