Well, nazi has a meaning and the german government is not a national socialist one; it’s a liberal democracy like many others (Not to imply that that’s a good thing). They’ve learned their lesson from WW2 and are very much opposed to the idea of a “German special path”. Instead they focus on the EU and “the west” as a whole as a global superpower. I think this is actually one of the main points of contention that the established political parties have with the AfD.
To be fair that’s probably not the reason feddit banned you when you said that. I’ve also noticed that many german online spaces are completely deranged politically and very aligned with what the government and media propagate. I don’t know if those people on reddit, feddit or some german lemmy dot world spaces are representative of regular people though; in my experience most people you meet outside who aren’t hardline state loyal liberals are quite open to critique directed at israel.
Additionally, I think “Left” is kind of a vague term because in my experience everyone and their mom identifies themselves as “left wing” or “left leaning” from the center of the CDU all the way to the PdL. If you talk to communists though you will not hear many positive words about israel.
They’ve learned their lesson from WW2 and are very much opposed to the idea of a “German special path”. Instead they focus on the EU and “the west” as a whole as a global superpower.
I uhhh don’t think that’s the lesson there was to be learned from WW2
Me neither. But that’s one of the main lessons that the government (Which I am opposed to for the record) seems to have taken away from it. When I say “This is how it is” I obviously am not saying “This is good” or “This is justified and reasonable”. I’m simply trying to describe reality as I see it. If you think my assessment is wrong then please let me hear your perspective but don’t assume that just because I describe something I must also be supportive of that thing being the way it is.
Well, nazi has a meaning and the german government is not a national socialist one; it’s a liberal democracy like many others (Not to imply that that’s a good thing). They’ve learned their lesson from WW2 and are very much opposed to the idea of a “German special path”. Instead they focus on the EU and “the west” as a whole as a global superpower. I think this is actually one of the main points of contention that the established political parties have with the AfD.
To be fair that’s probably not the reason feddit banned you when you said that. I’ve also noticed that many german online spaces are completely deranged politically and very aligned with what the government and media propagate. I don’t know if those people on reddit, feddit or some german lemmy dot world spaces are representative of regular people though; in my experience most people you meet outside who aren’t hardline state loyal liberals are quite open to critique directed at israel.
Additionally, I think “Left” is kind of a vague term because in my experience everyone and their mom identifies themselves as “left wing” or “left leaning” from the center of the CDU all the way to the PdL. If you talk to communists though you will not hear many positive words about israel.
I uhhh don’t think that’s the lesson there was to be learned from WW2
Me neither. But that’s one of the main lessons that the government (Which I am opposed to for the record) seems to have taken away from it. When I say “This is how it is” I obviously am not saying “This is good” or “This is justified and reasonable”. I’m simply trying to describe reality as I see it. If you think my assessment is wrong then please let me hear your perspective but don’t assume that just because I describe something I must also be supportive of that thing being the way it is.