As one of my acquaintances, from the DDR, a trainee teacher, a polyglot and a fan of Russian rock, and just a good person, says:

"Kak ja vas zaviduiu: Mozhete tselye sutki delat zakupki ili sidet v internet-kafe, dazhe v polunochi, mozhete skachat vsiakuiu muzykuiz interneta - bez shtrafa, pokupat
piratskie diski - bez shtrafa, chitat bezplatno vsiakie knigi v internete (naplevat na avtorskie prava), mozhete kurit gde khotite - bez shtrafa, mozhete ekhat zaitsem - bez shtrafa, mozhete rugat seksulanykh i natsionalnykh menshinstv - bez shtrafa... rugat nachalstvo (togda navernoe ne srazu uvoliaiut),.... mozhete otkryto skazat, chto vy - patrioty, nikto ne obviniaet v natsistskom myshlenii...

V Rossii mozhesh dazhe vslukh skazat: "U moiei babushki boloe veseloe detstvo" - nikto ne obviniaet v smiagchenii totalitarizma.
U vas mozhnesh vslukh skazat: Ne vse bylo plokho pri kommunistakh" - i (navernoe) nikto ne obviniaet tebia v smiagchenii totalitarizma...."