Homesick for a dictatorship

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I remember the reunification, it was a happy time that turned sour pretty quick with the economic recession of the early -90's. The recessions always tend to make people long for the times when they weren't just little toy boats on the waves of the huge market economy - ocean.

You are correct. It went sour pretty fast. Recession in the 90's may have been one contributing factor, but not the biggest one, IMO.

Alot of people in the western part got disillusioned pretty quick when everybody heard what it will cost and who is going to pay for it.