Somewhere after the Sunday EU election....someone put up a series of graphics....focusing on the idea of a fundamental difference between East Germans and West Germans.
When the 'Wall' came down (9 Nov 1989)....there wasn't a script or repair manual for the development of one single Germany.
What made the two Germany's different from 1945 to November 1989?
I would suggest three things:
1. DDR/East Germany revolved around the Soviet view of reality....that you (the state) control news, information and education.
2. As much as Soviet-Russia was a failure in the 1930s/1940s. ...it simply dragged East Germany along the same route. As a East Germany....you might have remembered the 1920s and 1930s of Germany....but you couldn't really discuss in public....crappy conditions.
3. Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s....you might have stood there and voiced the idea....we can analyze things and improve them ourselves, but you were continually told 'no'....just accept this Soviet reality.
As much as the Merkel-era repeated over and over....it's a wonderful world of unification that we live in....one might get the impression that around sixteen-million Germans have a slightly different view of reality in 2024.
So what's with the 2024 eastern side of Germany? Skepticism is trending at a healthy pace. The distrust that existed prior to 1989....it's never gone away. People having still a pro-Russia view of things....yeah, and that is obvious with the Ukraine war business.
Resolving this? I would ask....how?
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