When Pacifism is Wrong: Germany's Strategic Culture in Times of Zeitenwende

[@marie-v2j]

I really enjoy these interviews, very informative and it's correct that Europe should defend itself and make its own preparations!👍🏻🇬🇧

[@mike4480]

Totally agree, and the sooner EU/ The West realises that 🇷🇺 has been at War with us for Decades, the sooner we can prepare and combat it .. 💙💛💙

[@luminyam6145]

Fantastic interview, thank you.

[@ruthwolfer4154]

Germany needs another cancellor who has more flexibility for changes in the world and, is able to adopt to those and, communicate this facts to the people !

[@cz1589]

Germany seems to suffer from a perpatrator-complex. They are stuck with guilt, and will tolerate their former victims, remaining passive when those becoming perpetrators

[@framek5736]

Germany must get rid of the feeling of shame and guilt and must ensure that the country is prepared for the next large-scale war. Make sure that the defense industry benefits from the new arms race and to ensure that there is sufficient production capacity available when it is really needed. Let's hope it's never necessary, but how does the saying go again? Si vis pacem, para bellum ...

[@erinaltstadt4234]

Why should they bother? What makes their state still worth fighting for? And why should they fight for their “allies”who have been subjecting them to collective guilt for the past 80 years? Why shouldn’t the young people just flee to neighbouring countries and let others fight?

[@framek5736]

​@@erinaltstadt4234 Well Erin, there was a good reason for collective guilt and shame but that should not have been passed to next generations. It was the Germans themselves who did so, it was not imposed on them. But since the generation of perpetrators is almost dead it's time to get rid of it. Running away is an option but one day you run out of ground and then what? And besides that, running away is not normal Germanic behavior for the collective interest is prio 1, not the personal interest. That is what distinguishes them from the "beasts". So stand your ground, fight if necessary and keep (re-)building and inventing, that's what you're good at and what has been the proven success formula of the German(ic) people.