Drawing on the insights from the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game examined in Chapter 3, what inferences could we have made about the citizens of the repressive East German regime during the height of the cold war (say, the 1960s through the early 1980s)?

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During the height of the Cold War, East Germans did not have a credible exit threat due to the heavily guarded border with West Germany and the strict punishment for those attempting to flee. This lack of credible exit threat meant that citizens were more likely to use their voice or adopt a strategy of loyalty towards the regime.

Drawing on the Insights from the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty