Flattener 1 – 11/9/1989 – The Wall Falls

• The fall of the Berlin Wall on 11/9/89 unleashed forces that liberated all the captive peoples of the Soviet Empire. It also tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic, consensual, free-market-oriented governance. More economies would be governed from the ground up by the interests, demands, and aspirations of the people rather than from the top down. (Note that 11/9 is the opposite of 9/11.)

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