Sometimes I feel that the wall coming down has caused what we see today in Germany , the communistSocialist East ' liberated ' by the Russians is toxic to a truly progressive Germany . My opinion In general the people in east Germany are more wary of government than the people in the west . They don ' t trust media as much and rely more on secondary sources or what their peer group tells them . This is due to the communist dictatorship controlling the media . Thus , it ' s actually the east where the resistance against Merkel is the strongest . Let ' s look at MecklenburgVorpommern the state at the Baltic Sea where Merkel has her voting district . The AfD surpassed the CDU in their first ever election 20 , 8 % vs 19 %. Also SachsenAnhalt the state bordering former West Germany the AfD pulled 24 , 3 % in their first ever election making them the second strongest party in that state . Social Democrats and the Left lost 18 , 3 % overall . In Sachsen , the AfD just clocked in at 25 % in polls . In Brandenburg state surrounding Berlin the AfD just surpassed the CDU . If memory serves correctly , PEGIDA was first formed in the east , etc . These are just some examples . ConclusionI think it ' s the other way around . The west is absolutely cucked beyond any recognition . The influence of years of American feminism and left ideology has taken its toll . In the east , people reaaally don ' t want another socialist utopia .