I do not know for Germany but in France there is a similar pattern. There are older people who were most likely “hippies” in the 1970s, their father having bee

I do not know for Germany but in France there is a similar pattern. There are older people who were most likely “hippies” in the 1970s, their father having been forcibly conscripted in Algeria in the 1950s, who are now seriously campaigning to reintroduce classic far-right paraphernalia. They want to fly the flag at every opportunity and constantly talk about "the republic" to the point that it makes absolutely no sense (as does the current French president, by the way). They also want to reintroduce pride in France's (colonial) past [0], and they don't care that the French anthem still speaks of "impure blood". As someone of their age who wasn't a hippie, I'm baffled. [0] https://www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/lorant-deutsch-virginie-girod-franck-ferrand-et-stephane-bern-ils-nous-font-aimer-l-histoire-20230324 https://www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/lorant-deutsch-virginie-gir...