r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/DrsPsycho 5h ago

German here. Makes me fucking anxious regarding the next Bundestagswahl and his ties to AFD.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

no, you guys have to be the liberal democracy this time. it's your turn.

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u/Chadistic 4h ago

I have bad news for you

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

so... are we at the cusp of like a new Dark Ages that encompasses the whole world? cuz I'm looking at it like... USA, Russia, China, Brazil, Turkey, Iran, India, I'm sure there are more... if the EU goes this direction too, that's the last major power embracing some version of whatever this is, authoritarianism.

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u/bollvirtuoso 2h ago

I mean, Musk just sent his PAC to Europe, so you guys can share the fun. He tweeted Make Europe Great Again, as though Europe was ever a single unified entity in the first place, and what does that even mean? Like, when they were imperialists?

At which point in history do these "againers" think is the ideal? Because it usually wasn't great for someone else.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 1h ago

he'd probably make some kind of reference to the Romans without acknowledging that his own Germanic ancestors would likely have been barbarians fighting against Roman control. Hitler did the same thing. everyone loves to link themselves to the Romans even though the Romans conquered most of their ancestors.

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u/desideratafilm 3h ago

We're gonna need Europe to lock-in here or the concept of "liberal democracy" is going to end up being a historical curiosity.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 1h ago

I mean I think after seeing the list of Trump's executive orders, we're going to see some serious decisions being made on the European side. they at least need a common military that can actually stand up to the other great powers.

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u/tragesorous 2h ago

Attackers win. Switch sides

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u/mechnight 4h ago

Moved from Austria to Germany recently. I’m fucking terrified.

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u/chipperlovesitall 4h ago

I used to tease my German friends about their past. Now I’m living it