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>Yeah but we dont go around seething about the soviets we just point out that our own governments have grossly fucked up investing in east germany.
That's like saying that the problem isn't that someone shat in the living room, the problem is that it wasn't cleaned up well and fast enough.
The fact of the matter is that Ottoman and Soviet governance created many problems and fixing them is non-trivial and can't be done in a generation by just trying hard enough or doing all the right things.
Countries and regions of countries can't detach themselves from their history and conditions through sheer force of will, the present is a result of the past, the future is a result of the present.
If you don't blame the soviets in some measure for the condition of East Germany, you're a fool.