Message from @Jolly Rovin' Tar
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Its just hard for me to imagine that there is still that much guilt over a period of time
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Especially given the overall attitudes towards Germany around europe pre and post WWI
no one remembers that in Germany
we are all reminded of those horrible twelve years, though. day in, day out. I think, a little less (just a little less) remembrance would be great, and more remembrance of what Germany achieved. Talking about historical figures like Goethe, Schiller, all those German writers. German composers. German scientists. We got so much.
Maybe less remembrance can happen as the generations change. I mean, to some extent the war is still living memory for some.
So forgive me if I overstep, but things like the franco-prussian war, the stuggle for Alise-Loraine .
Those aren't proud moments for most?
Yes, but the last ones that actually lived are on the verge of no longer living, to put it mildly. maybe this is a chance. but then again, we got the leftist elites in Germany...
and Frederick the great as well
Wars never have been proud moments for Germans. Never. Even the ones we won.
There's a reason why DJT has to remind us Germans constantly that we need to put money into our own defense.
Maybe thats just the 'merican in me but that just seems unfortunate in the truest sense of the word
it is
we take more pride in things that happened in Germany. The fall of the wall in 1989, for example
or the rebellion against the GDR in 1953. when people stood up against the socialist regime
and those are great moments
yes, definitely. every time an authoritarian regime is fought, it is a great moment. even when people are brutally batted down by said regime like it happened in 1953
-The bummer train
what?
I will say though, every German I have met has been quite the well mannered person, I do believe some hope lies in that
America has a unique history and position in history. I think in general Americans have a hard time understanding other countries and they have a somewhat hard time understanding us.
Yeah
good manners don't say nothing about political views, though. we got an awful lot of social democrats here
True enough
The ones I knew have now blocked me on social media after our past election
yup. Germans. Free speech is a rather new concept for us...
something most of us are not really familiar and comfortable with
That is unfortunate
Funny enough the differences in other countries histories is what I had to teach today. XD
I will say though, the US is a cheap visit and you can practice as much as you like
Can't do that in canada
I'm plotting my emigration to any country that is sane enough. Switzerland, the UK and the US are in the mix
maybe Norway, but that might be too cold for me
Well in the US I would say either the Mid Atlantic, South, or the Midwest are great areas to live in work on the whole
I wanna live in Wisconsin. I'm a Packers fan, so I gotta go there
and yes, it is still warmer than Norway 😉
Just know thats a blue state, it may line up with your views though awful well
the governor is red though, isn't he?
Yes, but its weird how localities and municipalities can differ so much within the state