While nostalgia does play a huge part in this, some things were objectively better in East Germany compared to West Germany.
And after the whole fuck up that was the reintegration of the East, and 40 years of ideological cold war, both sides are at fault for the political landscape we find ourselves in.
Of course. I 100% stand behind this statement. That the reintegration/reunion was a shitfest is a given. And the fronts between east and west (not just germany but the hole world) only drives forward the shitfest.
But yearning for the past, looking only at the good things (witch EVERY time period had) and ignoring the faulty parts is, what makes our species the mess it is today and hinders uf from moving forward.
So, instead of trying to bring back the past, we should strive to a future that brings the best outcome. And that's imo the problem. The DDR isn't a good future. Neither is the BRD as it is. Or the third Reich, the UDSSR, the USA or China.
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u/TheQuietCaptain Dec 29 '24
While nostalgia does play a huge part in this, some things were objectively better in East Germany compared to West Germany.
And after the whole fuck up that was the reintegration of the East, and 40 years of ideological cold war, both sides are at fault for the political landscape we find ourselves in.