no, that's japan. germany could have gone in that direction as well, but was already needed as a frontline state in the cold war when our constitution was written, so the us actively worked against this place becoming too pacifist.
just for context, losing two world wars in a row and then being told to fight your own relatives in the DDR in the early stages of an omnicidal thermonuclear war really did a number on people here. Germany in 1945 knew defeat to an extend that americans, who haven't known war within the boarders of their own country since the south got its ass kicked and who still cry ab losing a few of their boats in pearl harbor, cannot even begin to imagine. and in spite of this place still being deeply infected by fascism, the defeat at the hands of the USSR and its allies was so crushing, the sight of the bombed-out cities and the endless trails of PoWs returning home so overwhelming, that even the chuddiest people here became deeply vary of war. Consequently, germany had a massive peace movement from the 1960s onwards, and unlike america's it stayed relevant in german society throughout the 1970s and 1980s, where there were massive protests against us nukes being stationed here. this wasn't an exclusively leftist thing, either, even devout christian conservatives frequently had at least some anti-war sentiment.
today, none of that is left. our news sites celebrate the end of that era while they cheer on the azov nazis and it's absolutely terrifying to behold.
The state has sold itself to private companies, it is nothing but a shell left over to facilitate neo-liberlism. It has no capacity to actually organize anything.
no, that's japan. germany could have gone in that direction as well, but was already needed as a frontline state in the cold war when our constitution was written, so the us actively worked against this place becoming too pacifist.
just for context, losing two world wars in a row and then being told to fight your own relatives in the DDR in the early stages of an omnicidal thermonuclear war really did a number on people here. Germany in 1945 knew defeat to an extend that americans, who haven't known war within the boarders of their own country since the south got its ass kicked and who still cry ab losing a few of their boats in pearl harbor, cannot even begin to imagine. and in spite of this place still being deeply infected by fascism, the defeat at the hands of the USSR and its allies was so crushing, the sight of the bombed-out cities and the endless trails of PoWs returning home so overwhelming, that even the chuddiest people here became deeply vary of war. Consequently, germany had a massive peace movement from the 1960s onwards, and unlike america's it stayed relevant in german society throughout the 1970s and 1980s, where there were massive protests against us nukes being stationed here. this wasn't an exclusively leftist thing, either, even devout christian conservatives frequently had at least some anti-war sentiment.
today, none of that is left. our news sites celebrate the end of that era while they cheer on the azov nazis and it's absolutely terrifying to behold.
Any hope left for Germany? Or are they necessarily doomed like the US?
The state has sold itself to private companies, it is nothing but a shell left over to facilitate neo-liberlism. It has no capacity to actually organize anything.
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