How do you get out of this cycle?
West Germans to East Germans: we’ve invested billions in infra in the east, and you in the east you’re damned ungrateful
East Germans to West Germans: we’re still poorer than you, all our young people moved away, and (aside from a few cities) we think we have no prospects
West Germans: stop being so ungrateful
Repeat, repeat, repeat
@jon I do wonder sometimes how the former East Germany's performance compares to that of the Czech Republic and whether this suggests any lessons abou the advantages of sovereignty