people from Eastern part of Germany shared a acute nostalgia to the old days before 1989. Although living under surveillance of Stasi and being limited of their freedom of free expressing their ideas, Eastern Germans had secure jobs, free apartment and health system back in the days. whereas, what democracy and capitalism had promised in the 1980s, which directly triggered the collapse of Berlin Wall, had failed across the board. Eastern Germany was nothing but a abandoned hulk, rusting from the inside; what had left, after well-off people and youths migrated to the Western part of Germany, were poors and elderly people, staring glassily to their dilapidated towns and a hollow promise.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:36:13 +0000
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