110 Gold coins for freedom

After shelling 110 gold coins (they were true gold coins) my father walked to his freedom after WWII. Yes, he made the choice to leave the communist country he was living during the war, to walk through miles and a few other countries to get to the Allied Zone in Europe, and so he became a refugee in '48 at his arrival to Vienna. What could he done differently? Nothing, I guess, the historical circumstances had made him an emigrant/immigrant since his early years, and kept at that for his life. Today, he with his 94 years, with his insight tells me that capitalism triumphs at the end, and that events outside our realm shape our destiny. He has lived in five countries... pragmatism at the end.