than read a single word written by that particular author, or even look at the front page of the book in question...
Latvians were force-fed all this commie bullshit long enough - and reality shows that communism DOES NOT WORK.

They have already done it.
How? There are no privileged migrants from USA, Americans do not deport or execute anyone, they do not forcefully conscript Latvians and send them to war, they do not go and take away our land or property. (Unlike Russia in 1940s)

But the unemployment is very high. How can it be?
Many people are working illegally (especially in rural areas) or abroad (in Schengen area there are no border controls) and are not informing government about it - so this number is not very accurate.
very fascinating to have a massive country that was made up of different peoples
All enslaved under Russian fascists.
But there wer no beggars or dirt-poor people around.
Of course not - they were immediately arrested by police (also Jūrmala was a popular tourist resort at that time (High-ranking Communist party officials liked to spend holidays there)).
But Latvia for example is in terrible debt, up to their ears with the IMF etc. All the Scandinavian banks opened up there, and in my opinion did not behave very ethically.
Thanks to crooks from Tautas Partija (they are no longer in government) (we were not the only one - Greece has the same problem).
No - Scandinavian banks are fine - Russian on the other hand are a completely different matter.
One month ago Bankas Snoras in Lithuania and Latvijas Krājbanka in Latvia went bankrupt because of criminal actions of their owner Vladimir Antonov (Russian criminal).
Problems with Parex (also an "eastern investment") also increased the debt.
That's why "investment from the East" is not healthy - I hope our new government will realize that.