> If you say things like "But Germany is an exception because X", then think why East Germany couldn't be as rich. East Germany was about as poor as West Germany after WW2.
West Germany was an exception because the US, primarily, poured vast resources into it as a bulwark against communist expansion, both ideologically and militarily, into Western Europe.
The reasons why that doesn't apply to East Germany are, well, pretty obvious.
> Similarly, Korean split was another one of those examples.
Well, yes, there is a similarity between South Korea and Germany...
West Germany was an exception because the US, primarily, poured vast resources into it as a bulwark against communist expansion, both ideologically and militarily, into Western Europe.
The reasons why that doesn't apply to East Germany are, well, pretty obvious.
> Similarly, Korean split was another one of those examples.
Well, yes, there is a similarity between South Korea and Germany...