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[–] AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

I've had that discussion with commoners in East Germany quite a few times. To be fair, I also think the blocks could've benefited from some color, but that just wasn't the priority post WW2.