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One can only hope. But first we need to fix ourselves from that PTSD that 9/11 left us with, though I am not sure we can stomach that. I wonder if the Germans
by danielschonfeld 5y ago
One can only hope. But first we need to fix ourselves from that PTSD that 9/11 left us with, though I am not sure we can stomach that.
I wonder if the Germans ever came to terms with their WWII shame? Hard to tell. From my encounters with them, it always seems like a burden carried in perpetuity, generation to generation. Who knows.
- yostrovs 5y agoIn my experience, the Germans believe they have done a terrible thing, but were the ones to learn the most from it. They have since studied their doings and reflected on them heavily. So much so that they are moral leaders of the world and others should learn from them of how to have a pure heart.
- inglor_cz 5y agoWhich, from a neighbor's perspective, is quite a bit annoying... When I visited Denmark and talked to Danish people, I was surprised how much the Danish and the Czech perspective on German politics overlaps.
- danielschonfeld 5y agoCurious to hear more. Do explain please
- inglor_cz 5y agoIf I could distill it in a few phrases... The German right: "We are a superior nation due to our precision, organization, engineering and business skills. Everyone should, naturally, emulate us, or fall behind." The German left: "Morality is the measure of all things and there are no compromises possible. Everyone should follow us to salvation, because we have been through hell and, as a consequence, we know best." Sorry for having offended anyone :) The common thread seems to be the conviction that Germany is a Vorreiter (leader) of Europe, which, frankly, it isn't anymore. Europe has weaker and stronger countries, but no clear leaders.
- danielschonfeld 5y agoThanks for sharing this insight!
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- polotics 5y agoGermany is a leader in turning off nuclear power plants when they should be turning off coal. Also a leader in trying to sneak (russian) gas as a "transition" energy source into decarbonation plans. Anything but a moral leader.
- forgingahead 5y agoYour description of the German left sounds like a description of some religious-extremist group - not sure if that was the intention, or if they are really behaving like self-anointed saviours of the rest of us unwashed masses?