Well that's just because Germany never has and never will do anything bad. Ever. In history. Can't think of one time where they've fuck up even a little bit. Not once,
"tyrants who manipulated a population into following them" In other words, the POPULATION of the country FOLLOWED them. Doesn't matter if you're manipulated into doing it, doesn't matter if you know whats going on is wrong. If you go along with it, you are part of the problem.
Does that mean I think all of Germany is evil or anything? Not at all, its in the past its said and done with, but they DID go along with everything that happened. Saying they didn't is just a lie
After Germany lost WW1, and the Allies fined Germany for war costs, Germany was sent into chaos in dept and inflation etc and so Hitler came along and was pretty convincing so they followed him and he did infact get Germany out of chaos and so the population liked him and overlooked the fact that he tried to seize power by force. Throughout world war 2, however, Germans were censored from saying anything bad about Hitler and if they didn't do as told, they would be taken away.
The point of the post is probably: If Germany managed to change from a horribly violent past to a rather moderate present - Merica should be able to do the same...
And yes, I'm German...
Does that mean I think all of Germany is evil or anything? Not at all, its in the past its said and done with, but they DID go along with everything that happened. Saying they didn't is just a lie
And yes, I'm German...