Well they also produced nazis, so i could say Germany is a country of contrasts.
Interesting thing to consider: Prussia. Since medieval, Germany was known in Europe as a country of high culture. In XVIII and XIX century, they even got famous for philosophy. And prussian takeover really changed things. Unsurprisingly, both main parts of Prussia - Prussia and Brandenburg, were settler states build on genocide and slavery of Slavs and Balts. Even after centuries, it was still more ot less visible.
Even more interesting. People of DDR were previously the citizens of mostly Prussia. So there is hope for literally anyone.
I believe even Nietzsche – who of course wasn’t a communist or a leftist in any sense – lamented the influence of Prussia over the rest of Germany, because it was dragging down German culture. So everybody noticed in one way or another.
One thing I find interesting is that, if the German social democrats hadn’t betrayed the revolution that occurred at the end of World War I, Germany could have been the first fully-industrialized nation with a socialist government. European history in the twentieth century could have been very different.
Trying to wrap my mind around how the country that produced Beethoven, Marx, Engels, Brecht, the DDR, etc. also produced Olaf Scholz.
Well they also produced nazis, so i could say Germany is a country of contrasts.
Interesting thing to consider: Prussia. Since medieval, Germany was known in Europe as a country of high culture. In XVIII and XIX century, they even got famous for philosophy. And prussian takeover really changed things. Unsurprisingly, both main parts of Prussia - Prussia and Brandenburg, were settler states build on genocide and slavery of Slavs and Balts. Even after centuries, it was still more ot less visible.
Even more interesting. People of DDR were previously the citizens of mostly Prussia. So there is hope for literally anyone.
I believe even Nietzsche – who of course wasn’t a communist or a leftist in any sense – lamented the influence of Prussia over the rest of Germany, because it was dragging down German culture. So everybody noticed in one way or another.
One thing I find interesting is that, if the German social democrats hadn’t betrayed the revolution that occurred at the end of World War I, Germany could have been the first fully-industrialized nation with a socialist government. European history in the twentieth century could have been very different.
Yeah i remember reading about and thinking “this was a history turning point”. Unified socialist Germany would be best thing to ever happen to Europe.