Thank you!

This is an interesting collage, but... "Afro-Cola"?

Its a play on Afri Cola, a popular german soft drink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afri-Cola

So I see. Considering that the common ingredient for cola soda is cola nuts, a product from Africa introduced by the immigrants thereof yet has been exploited as a casual soft drink, it's no wonder why black people today avoid drinking any kind of cola whatsoever.

When was the last time you saw Shaquille O'Neal drinking a Coca-Cola or a Pepsi on TV?

Thats quite possible.

And sadly some millennials believe communism/socialism is a good thing.

Its just as bad as capitalism. The best system would be a system that takes the best of both worlds, a free market ecomomy with a strong social state.

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I think it was federal minister of economy and later chancellor Ludwig Erhard who tried to implement this system during the late Adenauer administration.

Exactly. *thumbs up*

Frankly, given that a lot of millennials are seeing that they're unlikely to be as well off as their parents or grandparents due to rabid capitalism suctioning money off to the coffers of the 1% and leaving them trying to pay off debt with low-wage jobs, can you blame them looking favourably at communism when they see that capitalism has failed them?

I've seen firsthand the argument of "wage increases will follow productivity increases" to be self-serving rubbish, given that productivity has massively increased but wage increases have been nowhere near the same. And I've also seen the most rabid proponents of dog-eat-dog "socialism is evil!" capitalism suddenly switch to demanding "socialist" bailouts when the shit hits the fan. As a Generation X fur, I don't blame millennials for thinking that maybe an alternative to capitalism might be a good idea.

Which is why a mixed economy that combines the best of capitalism with the best of socialism is a better approach than a dogmatic pursuit of "pure" capitalism.

How is Maus tied to the Cold War?

Die Maus is basically a Symbol of childrens TV in Westgermany, as are Pittiplatsch and Frau Elster are in the East

I recognize a few things there from the past, but the one that tickles my memory is that mouse on the left. I remember seeing cartoons of him, but I don't recall the name.

That is Die Maus from Die Sendung mit der Maus, a quite legendary german Childrens TV show which is on for almost 50 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_S.....g_mit_der_Maus

Nice! Got a bit of nostalgia rush when I watched some of the Youtube videos. Thanks for reminding me of Die Maus.

I am suprised that people abroad know Die Sendung mit der Maus. Its a very german thing after all.

Yeah, but the South African Broadcasting Corporation before 1994 tended to take any show they could find and broadcast it here with Afrikaans dubbing. Since Die Maus didn't have dialogue, I guess it was easily for them to broadcast it here without too much effort.

Exactly.