In the end we beat them with Levi's 501 jeans. Seventy-two years of co…

P. J. O'Rourke
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In the end we beat them with Levi's 501 jeans. Seventy-two years of communist indoctrination and propaganda was drowned out by a three-ounce Sony Walkman. A huge totalitarian system...has been brought to its knees because nobody wants to wear Bulgarian shoes. Now they're lunch, and we're number one on the planet. ✨ Thrown Under the Omnibus. Book by PJ O'Rourke, October 21, 2015.
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