The “best” part about the “Hitler hypnotized us” narrative promoted by the krauts in their bloviating, soporific lectures is how it presents a completely counterfactual history devoid of the violent opposition to and clashes with fascists that characterized the Weimar Republic, all in order to pretend grandpappy didn’t deserve to be blown to a million pieces because everyone supported the Nazis and nobody knew right from wrong and morality wasn’t invented until 1945. Once upon a time I thought maybe there was some element of sincerity in German repentance culture, but no - it’s all self-serving, self-absorbed, self-flattering, self-interested, self- this and that; self-centered hagiographic self-praise that treats their unspeakable crimes as elite status cards to trot out.
These fucking krauts just can’t shut the fuck up about how they have some specialized knowledge of fascism because they’re krauts. Were you there? Were you around during the Nazi era? No? Then I fail to see how you know anything more or have any more expertise on the matter than Joe Pissmonger from Montana. Maybe if you picked up a fucking book sometime instead of insisting that being a kraut gives you special privilege to speak with no prior investigation.
But apparently Teutonic blood gives you divine insight into how fascism works. Looks like they haven’t moved past their Nazi genetic woo after all.
“I’m a German and I’m here to teach you how to avoid fascism by supporting the status quo” how about you deal with your own rapidly Nazifying shithole American province before lecturing others.
Be grateful the very idea of “Germany” wasn’t razed to the ground and scattered to the wind after your dear leader escorted himself off the premises.
Thank you a lot for this thorough reply, the reason it took me this long to reply is well life happening on my end as well and I wanted to give iu the attention it deserves.
I think I know what you mean about the little things to love about your country and do recognize some stuff I would miss about germany, or in fact do miss because it was local to some other region I no linger have ties to. I think my biggest gripe is the disillusionment I have about the people here in so called lefty spaces. It makes the idea there could be some kind of revolutionary change seem impossible when the local chapter of the black bloc calls for a pro-israeli demonstration or the amount of fight I have to put up to get some basic information about the country I lived in across that contradicts the mainstream view of Turkey. But that is not inherent to being german, but rather a privileged upbringing and believing capitalist "free" press as if it were gospel. I think that is where a lot of the infamous "german" arrogance comes from, they believe themselves well informed and where even they know they aren't, they believe they can trust the "general gist" of the articles the pseudo-intellectual press puts out.
What this means for me and how I see myself on relation to this country is a bit open then, since I find it hard to relate to the people but do like some of the idiosyncracies of this place. I guess I'll see how my life develops there isn't much that's in my hands anyway.
But thank you a lot for your reply it genuinely helped me get a new perspective and with me know diving into history maybe I can find that german spark for me or whatever it evolves into under the morass of liberalism.
No problem for the late reply, comrade -- mine was very late as well. Glad I could help a little bit! Maybe in ten-fifteen years representatives of both our countries will meet at some world summit of socialist nations. That would be the dream, wouldn't it?
I dont know if I can be so optimistic to say in fifteen years, but for sure the dream 😄