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Curious to hear more. Do explain please

• inglor_cz 5y ago
  If 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 ago
    Thanks for sharing this insight!
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  • polotics 5y ago
    Germany 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 ago
    Your 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?