Yup. Tearing down the Berlin Wall was a strong symbol and made a good media show. But the real revolution takes places in peoples minds and hearts, and that happens silently and slowly, all over the world, every here and there. And I do hope that slowly it leads also to visible changes in our economical and political structures too.

I remember seeing a TV clip of mr. Gorbachev visiting a big factory, discussing with the workers about the changes and improvements needed. One of the workers said: "The most important is to have change in our minds", and Gorbachev replied: "Yes!". Oh, this makes me slip back to theoretical thinking. As, if I got my history of philosophy about right, Marx and Lenin believed that once we change the economical structures of the society, peoples mental structures would change too. But, somehow, I suspect that things aren't that simple...

This process of internal change doesn't get that much media visibility, although, as that wise Soviet worker said, it's the most important reform we need.