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

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The Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game suggests that when people are dissatisfied with their government, they have three options: exit (leave the country), voice (speak out against the government), or loyalty (stay and support the government). In the case of East Germany, the government made it very difficult for people to exit or voice their dissatisfaction. This suggests that the government was autonomous, as it was not dependent on the support of its citizens.

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