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Americans stupidly invade countries literally out of the goodness of their hearts and naïveté of their minds. Proof of this is the type of propaganda needed to

Americans stupidly invade countries literally out of the goodness of their hearts and naïveté of their minds. Proof of this is the type of propaganda needed to prod the naturally isolationist American people to war. (Americans mind you. not their leaders. The leaders are cutthroat internationalists) Germans invade their neighbors out of a feeling of superiority, or needing their “living space”. Again, look at the propaganda. (Not all! The German opposition to Hitler was heroic. But outnumbered) What drives Germans to war should be suppressed. What drives Americans to war is fundamentally good and should be augmented with proper history lessons in the hope they’ll learn to stop believing their leaders. And as disgusting as American wars are… you really want to compare American wars to the Germans’?

gattilorenz 5y ago
Sorry, I find the implication that Germans have some form of natural propension towards war as ridiculous as they get. It's the kind of joke I would make with friends, like Woody Allen's urge of invade Poland if he listens to too much Wagner. I can laugh about it, but it's not an argument.
- tagoregrtst 5y ago
  First, German’s predilection for imposing on others how to live is alive and well. Ask Poland, Hungary, Greece, etc. Obviously this is not an ethnic part of German’s being. Ethnically Im probably German, and as you might tell Im not in large agreement with them - racial arguments are boring. The Prussian educational model (still extant), however, has long been suspected and researched as a reason for German’s inability to disobey and effectively oppose Hitler’s murderous regime. Im not the first to say this, btw Second, you wrote “I'm also quite sure it's harder to fire someone in Germany for something they tweeted, and "opinions are my own" is not as popular as a disclaimer.” To which I countered that German law puts you in jail for saying things you’d merely loose your job for in the US. Now, Im not one to judge or belittle others’ laws as long as they don't impose them on other countries (yes, I don't like America’s penchant for exporting “democracy” to the ME). I assume peoples have a reason for their society’s laws. In the case of Germans and their speech laws, I offered Germans’ standard explanation why they dont have free speech. Germans, shocked by the depravity of their crimes that the American troops literally dragged them into the camps to witness, believe they cant have total free speech because they’re prone to get over excited and start invading their neighbors. Who am I to judge? I don’t, its their society to structure as they please. But in my society, we like American style total free speech.

gattilorenz 5y ago

Sorry, I find the implication that Germans have some form of natural propension towards war as ridiculous as they get. It's the kind of joke I would make with friends, like Woody Allen's urge of invade Poland if he listens to too much Wagner. I can laugh about it, but it's not an argument.

tagoregrtst 5y ago
First, German’s predilection for imposing on others how to live is alive and well. Ask Poland, Hungary, Greece, etc. Obviously this is not an ethnic part of German’s being. Ethnically Im probably German, and as you might tell Im not in large agreement with them - racial arguments are boring. The Prussian educational model (still extant), however, has long been suspected and researched as a reason for German’s inability to disobey and effectively oppose Hitler’s murderous regime. Im not the first to say this, btw Second, you wrote “I'm also quite sure it's harder to fire someone in Germany for something they tweeted, and "opinions are my own" is not as popular as a disclaimer.” To which I countered that German law puts you in jail for saying things you’d merely loose your job for in the US. Now, Im not one to judge or belittle others’ laws as long as they don't impose them on other countries (yes, I don't like America’s penchant for exporting “democracy” to the ME). I assume peoples have a reason for their society’s laws. In the case of Germans and their speech laws, I offered Germans’ standard explanation why they dont have free speech. Germans, shocked by the depravity of their crimes that the American troops literally dragged them into the camps to witness, believe they cant have total free speech because they’re prone to get over excited and start invading their neighbors. Who am I to judge? I don’t, its their society to structure as they please. But in my society, we like American style total free speech.