Yeah we had this question in school a lot. I can remember I had an argument with my best friends. To that time I was a conservative and he a lefty. I am now a lefty too. Lol. I cannot remember his argument exactly. It was one of these three: 1. Germany will never start a world war again. 2. Germany will never do a genoicde against jews again (I think this was it but not sure) or 3. Germany will never do a genocide in general again.
The reasoning was: Germany has learned its lesson. We talked a lot in history classes and civics about the Nazi crimes. I disagreed with him. I think Germany could start all of these 3 things again. I don't think we are immune to it. Lets wait and see how high the inflation will rise. Lets wait how much climate change will fuck us. I think especially extremists could profit from both a lot.
I think there are several reasons why we don't have learned our lesson for sure. The generations of vicitms will be dead soon. I think the people will get more numb to it the more time passes. The German people like to feel morally superior. We see to what things this can happen in Ukraine. Always wanting to profit from trade etc. but avoiding the dirty work. Pointing at the Americans how bad they are but not even spending enough money to protect oneself.
I think Germany has several problems. A wrong understanding of pacifism for example. There are many intellectuals who suggest that Ukraine should surrender in order to save lives. They behave pretty arrogant in my point of view. It is always easy to point at them and leave some smart-ass comments. Honestly if Germany was attacked by Russia and they killed civilians on the street there would still be a huge part of the population who would argument for negotiations.
There is antisemitism from the right and from the left. I think the antisemitism from the right is more deadly but the antisemitism of the left is culturally more accepted. For example there are problems with antisemitism that stem from the fact we have many refugees from the Middle east. Just talking about this issue can be seen as being a racist. It is a topic with many nuances. But I think there a lot of problems in this country. I think the more time passes the less we will remain immune of extremism.
There is a party from the extreme right in the parliament. This is unique for the post world war era in my country. When we talked about this phenomena in school many people would not have believed that history can repeat itself.
There is a good saying from Mark Twain. History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I think this also was the conclusion of my teacher.
What do you think on this topic?
The reasoning was: Germany has learned its lesson. We talked a lot in history classes and civics about the Nazi crimes. I disagreed with him. I think Germany could start all of these 3 things again. I don't think we are immune to it. Lets wait and see how high the inflation will rise. Lets wait how much climate change will fuck us. I think especially extremists could profit from both a lot.
I think there are several reasons why we don't have learned our lesson for sure. The generations of vicitms will be dead soon. I think the people will get more numb to it the more time passes. The German people like to feel morally superior. We see to what things this can happen in Ukraine. Always wanting to profit from trade etc. but avoiding the dirty work. Pointing at the Americans how bad they are but not even spending enough money to protect oneself.
I think Germany has several problems. A wrong understanding of pacifism for example. There are many intellectuals who suggest that Ukraine should surrender in order to save lives. They behave pretty arrogant in my point of view. It is always easy to point at them and leave some smart-ass comments. Honestly if Germany was attacked by Russia and they killed civilians on the street there would still be a huge part of the population who would argument for negotiations.
There is antisemitism from the right and from the left. I think the antisemitism from the right is more deadly but the antisemitism of the left is culturally more accepted. For example there are problems with antisemitism that stem from the fact we have many refugees from the Middle east. Just talking about this issue can be seen as being a racist. It is a topic with many nuances. But I think there a lot of problems in this country. I think the more time passes the less we will remain immune of extremism.
There is a party from the extreme right in the parliament. This is unique for the post world war era in my country. When we talked about this phenomena in school many people would not have believed that history can repeat itself.
There is a good saying from Mark Twain. History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I think this also was the conclusion of my teacher.
What do you think on this topic?
