For so long we have always referred back to Nazi Germany as the last massive fascist and authoritarian takeover, but with America at the gates ready to go full fascist, the Germans must atleast be relieved that in a few years we will be talking about MAGA America instead of Nazi Germany.
W for the Germans I suppose.
No.
Believe it or not, we’d prefer no fascists anywhere.
Yeah, this whole thought process is such an american way of thinking and an image of what’s wrong with the US.
This is not a popularity contest in high school.
In contrast germans are terrified whats happening in the US because they are much more aware of their past and clearly see the analogies and what all this can lead to.
This is the correct response.
Glad it was already said, and by an actual German no less!
I was going to say “If I know Germans, they’re not happy. They’d rather leave fascism in the past and not have it exist anywhere. Also, whatever new government exists in the future, they’d like it to be really efficient, but also have triplicate paperwork. Which is somehow filled out easier than most single sheet forms.”
But then you came in, and summed up everything I was going to say.
Except those Germans who still think being a Nazi is great. Of which there’s a whole Eastern Germany worth of.
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For sure, but, I mean, if there had to be some, glad it ain’t here, amiright?
I’m German and terrified. I find it difficult to grasp that the playbook that was used in Nazi Germany is right there to compare, how the whole thing happened has been taught in schools to several generations in a row, there’s memorial places to visit - the whole wealth of information is there so it doesn’t happen again!!
And here we are, and it is happening again - in what seems an even more overt way than old Adolf ever dared to pull off. They just built a concentration camp in Florida and are loudly bragging about it. People are randomly being kidnapped from the street, based not even on their immigration status but their skin color, by groups of unidentified thugs. All while the media - even international media - still seem to be unable to call “Fascism” to what is happening.
I would have hoped that us being the eternal Nazis would at least have a deterring effect on other people to not fall into the same trap.
Yeah, I’m fine with being reminded of our country’s past again and again if it means others don’t do the same bullshit.
And other countries - including Germany ofc - are copying it.
It all started again with the ‘I didn’t do that, how long have we got to apologize?!’ mindset.
No, I imagine Germans are not happy. I imagine they’re as sad as anybody that America failed to learn from Germany’s mistakes. Only the extremely selfish and narcissistic would go “hey my country looks better now because another country is committing atrocities”
Actually as a german it does feel pretty shitty to see fascism rise in America and all around the world…
Even here in Germany the far right is growing stronger and it feels like history repeating.
I mean, Merz is pretty fucking right wing.
Yes, but Spahn is the real danger (besides AfD, of course).
Nah, Merz is just as dangerous.
I’m gonna guess that most Germans aren’t actually viewing the situation as a zero-sum game. So no, I don’t think the US breaking bad is going to make Germans happier, in general.
Unfortunately the AFD in Germany got record aupport in the last election.
Are you seriously downplaying the Holocaust and world war 2?
Because everything everyone thinks everywhere is always about america…
Yeah, like why should we germans even be bothered by US Americans talking about Nazi Germany? We talk about it even more ourselves anyways.
America also supplying the bombs for Israel to genocide Palestinians
I think Putin and Netanyahu are a lot further along on this path. We will be spoiled for choice of places to refer back to.
Israel has actual protests against the government ongoing. It’s not clear if Netanyahu will manage to win the next election.
There are no protests in Russia at all and elections are a farce.
At least he’ll be out in three and a half years
