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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by mschuster91 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:49AM (#21135800)
> Even in prosperous Germany, the formerly communist East is well behind the capitalist West.

That's "thanks" to the Treuhand scandal. West Germany essentially bled East Germany dry - brains, infrastructure, everything.

East Germany perfectly shows what happens when all young people who can flee - the only ones remaining will be conservatives and outright Nazis.

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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by mieseratte on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:58AM (#21135871)
Yes, which bears remarkable resemblance to the Bulgarian situation such that 30 years isn't going to allow for anyone to recover.

And if you believe the Treuhand situation is the start and end of East German problems you are being overly reductionist, Herr Antifa.

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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by dang on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @01:54PM (#21139071)
No name-calling or political flamebait in HN comments, please.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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