Simpson and German Philosophy

It's interesting to relate the GDR's suppression of rock music to Germany's philosophic history. From Nietzsche to Hegel to Kant, Germany has been known to be a breeding ground for philosophers, and the country of radical thinkers has resulted in either problems or solutions for the German nation. The second passage on page 238 talks about the GDR's "utopian goal of realizing socialism on German soil." Simpson explains that this goal was to be morally superior to the West, hard as it would be to overcome its history of fascism and its lack of material wealth; "the knowledge . . . of ideological dominance was to compensate for the material sacrifices, the lack of consumer goods, and the inability to travel without contstraint." It can be deduced from Simpson's claim that the GDR saw its fascist legacy as not only a horrible mistake in German history, but something the GDR can learn from to become not only as moral as they used to be, but moreso than other Western countries at the time. The banning of rock music would be explained by the German persuit of Bewufsteinbildung, or the cultivation of consciousness. Rock music was seen as as not only a detriment to the persuit of balance in life; "[Erich Honecker] . . . warned against a music that would inspire 'excesses' in its listeners." Here we see another allusion to a certain philosopher's thinking, except this one was Greek and lived about 2000 years ago.