Fall of the Berlin wall

[Tordmor]

Today 20 years ago the Wall in Berlin fell allowing the citizens of east germany to leave for the west. Now 20 years later it is obvious that the real wall was not made of stone.

When both parts of germany reunited, the people of west germany already forgot where their wealth came from if they ever understood it to begin with. This is why they never had a chance to teach the citizens of east germany. Right after the fall of the Berlin wall, the political parties of west germany competed on who would make the most outrageous promises of wealth redistribution from west to east in order to win the first election of the reunited state. To the citizens of west germany this was sold as our "social duty" towards our "brothers" in east germany and as always most west germans bought it.

It only took a couple of years until west germans and east germans alike wondered why the redistribution wasn't showing the desired effects. Instead of creating wealth in abundance in east germany like west germany had, west germany actually adapted to the east with a constant loss of wealth.

And now, 20 years later, what do people think? Do they think: "Hey, the same methods used in east germany bring about the same results when used in west germany, so why don't we again try the very methods that brought about the wealth of west germany"? Nope. They are asking for more and more redistribution. The political party SED which was responsible for the political prisons and constant spying in east germany became the "newly democratic" party PDS which gets more and more power in both east and west germany. And our chancellor and many high ranking political actors were already politically active in east germany.

I don't think there is hope for germany. I think for every person who sees the truth about man's nature and the workings of society at least ten supporters of socialism are born. And that despite the fact that we had a true socialist model right before our eyes. True, none of those who are just old enough to vote ever actually saw it. However, my generation did. And it is this generation that mostly influences public opinion.

[Zip]

I was stationed in southern Germany when the wall came down. I remember how absolutely extatic and positive Germans were then, about being reunited and about the future.

It didn't take long before that changed though. Many Western Germans soon began to resent the Ossi, and they in turn resented their soviet imprisonment and took it out on the westerners.

I'm sorry to hear that the rift continues...