The End of the Cold War

This is a photograph of Ronald Reagan speaking to East Berlin sometime during the later transitional periods of the Cold War. It was in this moment, Reagan demanded that Russia's leader, "tear down this wall!" The wall separating West Berlin and East Berlin/every other communist European country was created to show the democratic nations of the world that Communism could survive on its own, yet all "good" things must come to an end. During this time, the people of Russia and most of Eastern Europe were fed up with the Communist system, as well as not being fed. Essentially once the Soviet government had spent the vast majority of the country's money on bulking up the military and repressing their people into submission, they ran out of money and out of options. America, along with many many other nations decided enough was enough and it was time for these countries to join the world once again. Although Russia and some Eastern European nations are still struggling, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall is proof that its never too late to tear down the walls of ignorance, injustice, and inequality.