The German government’s repression of pro-Palestinian voices confounds notions that Germany is a democratic success story. But it is entirely consistent with the country’s postwar history.
I think it's easy to see why Germany would be so invested in the preservation of the state of Israel, if you come to understand Israel as being a continuation of the long sought Final Solution. After all, why build your own camps to concentrate problematic Jews into, when there's a Jewish paradise just across the sea that would gladly take them off your hands?
No, rather, unconditional support of Israel is the final solution as absolution to the problem of how Germany can pretend to have meaningfully "learned" something from historical crimes and institutionalized these supposed lessons.
Modern German establishment has new scapegoats: Muslims, people "unwilling to integrate" (this one's probably an oldie).
I think it's easy to see why Germany would be so invested in the preservation of the state of Israel, if you come to understand Israel as being a continuation of the long sought Final Solution. After all, why build your own camps to concentrate problematic Jews into, when there's a Jewish paradise just across the sea that would gladly take them off your hands?
No, rather, unconditional support of Israel is the final solution as absolution to the problem of how Germany can pretend to have meaningfully "learned" something from historical crimes and institutionalized these supposed lessons.
Modern German establishment has new scapegoats: Muslims, people "unwilling to integrate" (this one's probably an oldie).
Thank you for this. Great article and a perfectly-suitable companion to a piece that appeared in The Jacobin recently: https://jacobin.com/2024/05/germany-afd-liberalism-militarism-authoritarianism
Fantastic, thank you.
Fascinating and so informative. Thank you!