To be fair it doesn't say that. He says modern day Germany is worse than these days, and there could be various reasons for it:
Be it the economic decline (organized looting by the west Germans in the 90s) of the region which left a permanent mark on local areas which similarly to Poland have been reduced to dependency from the wealthier neighbor to a large part. This paired with the joys of the market (among other things, an utter unwillingness to reduce regional inequalities) is a popular point out east. (personal anecdote) my mom also likes blaming most economic woes on the EU and Euro.
"Foreigners and gay people are literally 1984. We don't have them out east, yet the Wessis are trying to shove them down our throats." + the a bit more exotic yet also popular "covid was a lie and global warming is a lie too!"
There's of course the possibility they retain some progressive ideas and thought the GDR was the better state in spite of its flaws.
Personal anecdote, but I've been to Saxony yesterday on my way to Poland and I saw a car with the EU flag covered up by the GDR coat of arms and thought to myself how there was probably a 70/30 chance of them either being a chud local nationalist or a communist. Indeed, entering a random town to stop by an ATM, there was an AfD informational stand and a lot of right wing/football hooligan stickers; even if that's barely proof of anything.
To be fair it doesn't say that. He says modern day Germany is worse than these days, and there could be various reasons for it:
Be it the economic decline (organized looting by the west Germans in the 90s) of the region which left a permanent mark on local areas which similarly to Poland have been reduced to dependency from the wealthier neighbor to a large part. This paired with the joys of the market (among other things, an utter unwillingness to reduce regional inequalities) is a popular point out east. (personal anecdote) my mom also likes blaming most economic woes on the EU and Euro.
"Foreigners and gay people are literally 1984. We don't have them out east, yet the Wessis are trying to shove them down our throats." + the a bit more exotic yet also popular "covid was a lie and global warming is a lie too!"
There's of course the possibility they retain some progressive ideas and thought the GDR was the better state in spite of its flaws.
Personal anecdote, but I've been to Saxony yesterday on my way to Poland and I saw a car with the EU flag covered up by the GDR coat of arms and thought to myself how there was probably a 70/30 chance of them either being a chud local nationalist or a communist. Indeed, entering a random town to stop by an ATM, there was an AfD informational stand and a lot of right wing/football hooligan stickers; even if that's barely proof of anything.