[kj] rebellion?

[Karen Weil]

Interesting thought. I remember being in former East Germany back in '94 (ancient history now.) Never having been there when it was was the DDR, it was intriguing for me to talk to people who grew up in that system, and their mixed feelings on what was happening in the reunified Germany. 
While no one missed the oppression or survelliance, they did have a lot of problems with the crumbling safety net. Having friends who came of age in Western Germany, and ones who grew up in the DDR. Their outlooks and attitudes were so different (at that time, at least), that it was really striking to me. 
And, I remember how much of a transformation East Berlin was undergoing; there were new buildings going up everywhere. It definitely seemed as if city leaders and developers were in a big hurry to erase the past. 
Given how hideous most of the drab, communist-era architecture was, I couldn't blame them, really.

k.w.
SoCal


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: folk devil 
  To: gathering at misera.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:24 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] rebellion?


  There are now people who actually miss the 'old days' of East Germany.
  Not surprising when you see Corporations and Government going around knocking down any historical remnant of the time and before. The People's Palace being one example. Much of the old division ground between West and East Berlin became rich pickings for developers.
   
  > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:48:43 +1200
  > From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz
  > To: gathering at misera.net
  > Subject: Re: [kj] rebellion?
  > 
  . Sounds like he had a shit
  > time growing up in East Germany under the Stasi and being a Nazi was the
  > perfect way to rebel against them as fascism is the idealogical opposite
  > to comminism, in theory). 

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