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To: tejek who wrote (529493)11/16/2009 1:32:07 PM
From: TopCat1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575396
 
"It seems the E. Germans are not as in love with your capitalism as one might expect."

No doubt that are some former East Germans that are just like you. No ambition and they liked it when the State took care of them.



To: tejek who wrote (529493)11/16/2009 5:46:55 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575396
 
Note the bolded text from your quote of the article -

According to an analysis in the German magazine Spiegel, what drives this rose-colored view - shared by many young people who barely remember life under communism

Another group that's nostalgic for the past is those that had cushy state positions who lost them in a more market based system.


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