That was a different generation. My generation has always been sceptical with extreme nationalism, including the United States with their flag-waving ways.If anything, it's a West German vs. East German (Wessi vs Ossi) schism that still exists today, 20 years after the Wall came down. West Germans are seen by the East Germans to be arrogant, greedy pigs who care about nothing but how much money they can make. East Germans are seen by West Germans as lazy, ungrateful slobs who don't thank us enough for the fact we paid hundreds of billions to get them new roads, railways, telecommunications networks, and the like.As a West German I just think the Easties need more of a pick-up-and-go attitude. If the town you live in has no jobs, pack up the car and piss off. That's what anyone in the states would do, instead of bleating about "the government to do something". That's exactly what they do, they lived for decades with socialism, and that's the way people still think today.It will take a few generations for this to fade into oblivion. We call in "the Wall in the heads", and it's invisible, but very resilient to change.