"Old world homeland of my maternal... " a Czech Republic Travel Page by Richmond

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From the Germans and the Austro-Hungarians to the Nazis and the Soviets, the Czech people have a history of being under the thumb of one foreign regime or another for more than a thousand years. Most recently during the six-week period between November 17 and December 29, 1989, also known as the "Velvet Revolution" or just called "the November Events" (Listopadove udalosti) brought about the bloodless overthrow of the Czechoslovak communist regime. Immediately after the revolution, the people were full of optimism and hope, and had an almost utopian attitude to democracy. Soon, though, they realised that the new system isn't perfect and that the politicians are human and make mistakes. As a consequence, a few years after the revolution, many people have already lost faith in the electoral process. Now that the Habsburgs are buried, the Nazis are crushed and the Commies have been sent packing, have Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse stepped-in to fill the void?