And tell me why.
>Be East German
>Walk close to Berlin Wall
>Get shot
No, because no.
>>52401791
West Germany: cucked by USA
East Germany: cucked by Russia
>>52401791
Low crime rates.
They had a government that couldn't decide a thing on its own. I don't know why the Soviets didn't absorb it into the USSR.
no
east german was poorer than west
and it poorer than west now
and you know why?
It wasn't. THere's a reason absolutely nobody was trying to move there, while everyone tried to go to West Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CyPjQQTAM
It was shit just like all Eastern Bloc countries, but it was the least shittiest of them. Now it may actually be better than West Germany, although slightly poorer.
>>52403223
>THere's a reason absolutely nobody was trying to move there
Merkels dad moved from Hamburg to east Germany
>>52404480
>I've made a horrible mistake
>[regret intensifies]
>>52401791
Back in the 80 some guy I know drove to the DDR in his new Benz with power windows.
The DDR frontier soldier told him to lower the drivers window. The guy pressed a button and the window slid down.
He said the soldiers jaw dropped just like the power window.
>>52403634
>Best Anthem ever
>Strong Industry
>Strong Army
>marching towards communism
Come back DDR ;-;
>>52407742
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynTsskKL8g
>>52401791
Let's see:
Prussia: Slavs and Balts
Eastern and Southern Germany: Slavs and Balts
pure coincidence
>>52401791
1/5 of people were in stasi kek
>>52401791
DDR=Best Germany
>Better education system
>Were in space (several years before West Germany)
>Everything was clean
>No unemployment
>More successful in Olympic Games
>>52407742
This.
Based DDR.