[LongaDonga]

Definitely sounds like you came from a trujillista family. All I can say is that the elders in my family agree with you on the point that everything worked back then, but they also say that they lived in fear, and that they rather see things how they are today than have him ruling the country. Perhaps your family didn't live in Ciudad Trujillo, maybe they where one of the many "compadres" that Trujillo had, maybe they didn't live the world that a lot of dominicans had to live in during the "Era". As you have said many times ... it's all relative.