Our collective memory is short. It is within our lifetimes that Germany was split between West Germany (BRD) and East Germany (DDR). The article describes the collapse of DDR, and while it was a softer landing than the rest of the soviet bloc, it was still a collapse of a state.

There are many examples within the collective memory of generations alive today. Yet we don’t seem to learn as much as you’d think we should. Those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it?