• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I’m German, and non-Germans always find it weird that most of us don’t have a very strong sense of national pride and are even very critical of our country, sometimes maybe even excessively so.

    We have learned what uncritical, unreflected national pride leads to. What the price is to not confront the dark side that every society has.

    And now, sadly, the US has to learn the same lesson the hard way too. I only hope the US and the rest of the world can come out of it with as little bloodshed as possible. But I fear for the worst.

    “Remember, remember the 5th of november.” has a altogether new meaning now.