Comments on: Awful food, commie cars and the bad old days http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/awful-food-commie-cars-and-the-bad-old-days/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: turntablescorded http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/awful-food-commie-cars-and-the-bad-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-213607 turntablescorded Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:53:29 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93404#comment-213607 It's really amazing work, I am inspired by your work and obviously this blog is perfect. thank you <a href="http://www.dealsourcedirect.com/corded-phones-3--line-phones.html/" rel="nofollow">3 Line Phones</a> It's really amazing work, I am inspired by your work and obviously this blog is perfect. thank you
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]]> By: Jason http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/awful-food-commie-cars-and-the-bad-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-213605 Jason Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:43:21 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93404#comment-213605 No one is happy in a capitalist system. We pretend we are but we arent. Shopping is a fleeting "therapy". And don't kid yourself, unemployment is huge! The figures are not authentic. Coupled with massive debt, the system doesn't work. As for a free market? Ha! The US has so many tariffs and measures it is hardly "free"... Germany has an envious duality and should be commended for its economy and welfare state. No one is happy in a capitalist system. We pretend we are but we arent. Shopping is a fleeting "therapy". And don't kid yourself, unemployment is huge! The figures are not authentic. Coupled with massive debt, the system doesn't work. As for a free market? Ha! The US has so many tariffs and measures it is hardly "free"…

Germany has an envious duality and should be commended for its economy and welfare state.

]]> By: RagingRanter http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/awful-food-commie-cars-and-the-bad-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-213604 RagingRanter Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:45:17 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93404#comment-213604 The people in Ossis were likely sold on all the benefits westernisation would bring in order to convince them to embrace reunification. They likely weren't explained the fact that excelling under western democracy requires tonnes of effort and more than a little luck. If someone grew up under a different system and got used to the security, however meager, it's not hard to understand why they would be unhappy. As mentioned above, the newer generations will likely fair much better and be less romantic about the communist past. The standard of living gap won't close overnight. The people in Ossis were likely sold on all the benefits westernisation would bring in order to convince them to embrace reunification. They likely weren't explained the fact that excelling under western democracy requires tonnes of effort and more than a little luck. If someone grew up under a different system and got used to the security, however meager, it's not hard to understand why they would be unhappy. As mentioned above, the newer generations will likely fair much better and be less romantic about the communist past. The standard of living gap won't close overnight.

]]> By: west http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/awful-food-commie-cars-and-the-bad-old-days/comment-page-1/#comment-213603 west Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:50:29 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93404#comment-213603 The big point why people born in the east of Germany are unsatisfied w/ the western system is that they didn´t had to put a lot of effort to maintain their lifestyle.Everybody had the same and you didn´t have to compete w/ your neighbor or friends or whomever.well you had to wait 20! years for a car,but it was ok. It´s obviousy easier just to sit back and wait until you´ll get one of the goods the state provides instead of getting up on your feet and go for it. My generation and the following adjusted to this far batter than the ones born earlier. Because they never got to known socialism and what it means. Unemployment is very high in these generations and it´s kind of understandable that they wish their former job security back. To earn a living in capitalist society is hard but in the end i think it´s worth it. Even with all its flaws and problems. I must admit that i was born and raised in the west and i never experienced the so called other side, but it bugs very much to hear all the complaining about how good and nice it was. Why? Because i´m paying for it every day w/ a surcharge of 5,5% of my income taxes. People can call me cynical or even worse,but this is my honest opinion and this is what people in the GDR couldn´t herald. Think about it. The big point why people born in the east of Germany are unsatisfied w/ the western system is that they didn´t had to put a lot of effort to maintain their lifestyle.Everybody had the same and you didn´t have to compete w/ your neighbor or friends or whomever.well you had to wait 20! years for a car,but it was ok.
It´s obviousy easier just to sit back and wait until you´ll get one of the goods the state provides instead of getting up on your feet and go for it.
My generation and the following adjusted to this far batter than the ones born earlier.
Because they never got to known socialism and what it means.
Unemployment is very high in these generations and it´s kind of understandable that they wish their former job security back.
To earn a living in capitalist society is hard but in the end i think it´s worth it.
Even with all its flaws and problems.
I must admit that i was born and raised in the west and i never experienced the so called other side,
but it bugs very much to hear all the complaining about how good and nice it was.
Why? Because i´m paying for it every day w/ a surcharge of 5,5% of my income taxes.
People can call me cynical or even worse,but this is my honest opinion and this is what people in the GDR couldn´t herald.
Think about it.

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