But the reunification of Germany into one democratic nation wasn’t an outlier, but rather part of the Eastern Bloc’s transition to democracy after the West’s victory over communism in the Cold War. ..…

In 1990, German Democratic Republic reunited with West Germany and, social, and union that saw them adopt West German systems. ..…

There was no force that was proposing concrete steps that were needed to build “democratic socialism”. ... However, a month later, a poll in the West German magazine Der Spiegel showed 71% wanted a democratic GDR and not unification. ..…