>>3093602The stasi strategy was suicidal and why they were failing to begin with. A vote for any of the stasi leadership is a vote for continuing down a failed path. The only way they could have had a chance of survival was with a change of leadership. That it did not work out flawlessly in the end is not something that you should fault Katia and Iris for. Between certain death and possible death, possible death is always the right choice. It's better to jump out of the frying pan, even if it'll probably land you in the fire if there's a chance, however slim, that you'll survive.
Furthermore, the game makes it obvious that they were screwed no matter what. It was only the degree of how fucked they were that they could effect, and it's clear that cutting losses and evacuating Europe was the best outcome. East Germany was a ship that struck an iceberg, and the stasi's, specifically Beatrix's plan, was that you could force the sick passengers to carry icy water out with buckets 24/7 indefinitely, and the ship would just right itself up. Iris's was to jump to the lifeboats. Sure, some may die in the cold or not make it to the lifeboats, but many, many more will survive.