• mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    24
    ·
    edit-2
    11 months ago

    Yeah people only saw the treats West germany had but not the shameless exploitation needed to acquire them. They didn’t know what actual life under capitalism was like. After reunification the mass layoffs and wholesale of entire industries came as a big shock, some people genuinely thought the state could just provide them with a different job if the capitalists fired them. A lot of women were shocked to find out how much gender equality was lagging behind what they previously had had.