As a German: Because we have a lot of Holocaust memorials and are taught a lot about it in school, we love jerking each other off about how much we’ve learned from our past as opposed to say, Japan, who deny the atrocities they’ve committed to this day.
Being part Armenian, part Jewish, I’ll say mentioning unapologetic, but peaceful and harmless Japan in this sentence is the easy way, chosen instead of mentioning Turkey which is closer and which is still butt friends with the EU in general and Germany in particular in everything but words (because actions, like numbers for trade and military cooperation, matter, and words don’t).
I mean, it can be read as just a detail deepening your point, so whatever.
I hate its self-aggrandizing, pseudo-repentant, pathetic ass-kissing of Israel.
Yes, that thing seemed OK 10-15 years ago, but now is kinda starting to stink.
That last paragraph is unfair to Germans, seems to me that it’s true for most of the humanity.
Absolutely true. Japan is as western as Germany or Switzerland in material terms. Any denial of it is simply racism and equating being western with being white.
Their colonial history and current exploitation of the global financial system gets them the title.
That last paragraph is unfair to Germans, seems to me that it’s true for most of the humanity.
Yeah it’s hyperbolic to say the least. I’m just so fucking frustrated. I was never much of a “I hate my country” guy until October 7th happened and everyone in this country showed their entire ass all at once. Every delusion I had about this country has been shattered since then, it’s been a lot to deal with.
Being part Armenian, part Jewish, I’ll say mentioning unapologetic, but peaceful and harmless Japan in this sentence is the easy way, chosen instead of mentioning Turkey which is closer and which is still butt friends with the EU in general and Germany in particular in everything but words (because actions, like numbers for trade and military cooperation, matter, and words don’t).
I mean, it can be read as just a detail deepening your point, so whatever.
Yes, that thing seemed OK 10-15 years ago, but now is kinda starting to stink.
That last paragraph is unfair to Germans, seems to me that it’s true for most of the humanity.
Japan is part of the West and by no means “harmless”
Absolutely true. Japan is as western as Germany or Switzerland in material terms. Any denial of it is simply racism and equating being western with being white.
Their colonial history and current exploitation of the global financial system gets them the title.
Yeah it’s hyperbolic to say the least. I’m just so fucking frustrated. I was never much of a “I hate my country” guy until October 7th happened and everyone in this country showed their entire ass all at once. Every delusion I had about this country has been shattered since then, it’s been a lot to deal with.