[BengalTiger]

I meant the economical effects of the two sides merging.

They'd be really bad for the South. Suddenly there would be millions of undereducated, unemployed, brainwashed, hungry people everywhere and nothing to do with them.

Some of them might even be unhappy enough to fight for the good old times they had something to eat and a job.
They'd also treat the information that they only ate and worked thanks to foreign aid as propaganda.

[newman]

How the hell do you manage to connect a link to Bruno's "charity video" to a flawed comparison between North and South Korea/East and West Germany (or take it seriously on any level?)
I have a feeling more than one person here took that post seriously. Try clicking it. Yes, it's a link.