Tink i am going to suggest there is a 3rd option...because it was mine for so many years/decades...I believed in my country SO much, I was certain that in the USA, there was a continual unstoppable momentum of liberty and justice for all.
All that actually changed here on SOLVED, early 2017 (I was already 72 y/o then, should have known better!).
Then I came here to SOLVED, and was exploring the dynamics behind my eviction in Iowa... and it was specifically you and Marianne -- set me onto links that opened up a whole more realistic scenario about what is going on here in America.
So I must always wonder how many of the German people just really did believe in the infallible integrity of the Fatherland...with a very special awe and wonder for people like Otto Wehls, who not only were never deceived but also had the temerity to speak out, irregardless of consequences.