What have my parents been doing for thirty years?

 

Above this question was asked by one of the main characters in a documentary, which has shown how students of FSZE realized that they university would be modified and it could be run by foundation which had many members or supporters of the government. So they started to protest and occupy their university and they did not allow to enter new leaders in.

And they fought as long as they could and they resistance become symbol and I have though it would be the most influence event in our country and in our XXI. century.

But this question hit me and I started to think about it, because I believe that it is a phenomenon that caracterises people who were born in socialist in Hungary. At that time everyone had to do what the regime dictated. They kept every citizen under pressure and we were threatened with different ways. For example we had to fear about western countries because they were our enemies and they made an association to destroy our nation and our country. They did not accept our idea about socializm and they did not understand our commitment this conception.

Nevertheless, our country was full of rebels who did not want to live in dictatorship and they began to speak about western countries life was better than our walks of life in Hungary in this time. They were prosecuted and when they were custodied they were sentenced as well as had to go to prison.

On the otherside, the power rewarded who was extremely pliant and did not want to do anything else what they were told. So they could get flats, cars, good jobs and they were be able to go abroad and had many experiences about how people lived in another socialist countries.

All in all, we could acquire and we can live with these skills which have not transformed from day to day. But in my opinion, we should learn to protect everything that becomes an uncomfortable to us and opposite our values and we do not allow us to stay in silent.