Or you simply live the philosophy of positive thinking to a level german people (especially eastern german) don't reach anymore (I can say that, as I am german too). The GDR was "eastern europe" not too long ago. It is hard to stand feeling tricked and utilized once again after a revolution. Maybe we are now out of energy, facing the futility of "fighting windmills".
You got no chance. Use it!
had been a proverb for too long.
Oh yes, you poor people... You had it so much worse than the rest of the post-communist countries... No wait, you didn't.