{"id":294637,"date":"2024-09-11T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294637"},"modified":"2024-09-12T06:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:56:45","slug":"the-fight-for-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294637","title":{"rendered":"The Fight for Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gregory Hood \u2013 American Renaissance Sept 6, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>These errors seem to go only one way. It turns out that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-leaders-react-to-far-right-surge-in-thuringia-saxony\/live-70107493#liveblog-post-70109435\">did not<\/a> win enough seats in Saxony to block legislation or appointments that require a two-thirds majority. \u201cSaxony\u2019s electoral commission said on Monday morning that a software error was to blame for the incorrect calculation of seats based on preliminary results from Sunday\u2019s vote,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/officials-german-state-saxony-correct-091236216.html\">says<\/a> the German news agency DPA.<\/p>\n<p>Nontheless, the AfD won a tremendous victory in both Saxony and Thuringia. In Thuringia, the AfD won 32.85 percent of the vote, a plurality, with the weak \u201ccenter-right\u201d CDU (the main opposition party) winning 23.6 percent. In Saxony, the AfD came in second to the CDU, winning about 30.6 percent of the vote to the CDU\u2019s 31.9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The international press was hysterical. \u201cThe far right is on the cusp of winning the most votes in German state elections for the first time since the Nazis,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-xl\/news\/other\/far-right-eyes-political-earthquake-as-germans-head-to-the-polls\/ar-AA1pJXNo?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said<\/a> the BBC. \u201cFor some in Germany, the rise of Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a literal nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/a-far-right-german-partys-win-has-some-fearing-for-the-future-others-worry-of-a-return-to-the-past\/ar-AA1pQZGz?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">A far-right German party\u2019s win has some fearing for the future. Others worry of a return to the past<\/a>,\u201d AP, September 2, 2024<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/afd-becomes-first-far-right-party-to-win-german-state-election-since-1945\/ar-AA1pQxie?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945<\/a>,\u201d CNN, September 3, 2024<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13802403\/German-AFD-wins-landmark-victory-hard-right-party-tops-regional-vote-time-country-Second-World-War.html\">German AFD wins landmark victory as a hard-right party tops a regional vote for the first time in the country since the Second World War<\/a>,\u201d Daily Mail, September 1, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Power in a mass democracy lies in controlling narratives. There is nothing fearsome about the AfD. It does not want to bring back the Second Reich, let alone the Third, but it is cast as somehow a continuation of the Nazi regime, or at least as some nebulous \u201cfar-right\u201d demon. \u201cThe AfD has become so notorious that it\u2019s been placed under domestic surveillance for the threat it poses to Germany\u2019s constitution,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/02\/nx-s1-5097895\/5-takeaways-germanys-regional-elections\">said<\/a> NPR. Would NPR neutrally, let alone favorably, report that Belarus or China was cracking down on the opposition?<\/p>\n<p>The center-right CDU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/german-opposition-leader-merz-rules-095722532.html\">says<\/a> the AfD is a pariah party: \u201cThere will be no coalition with the AfD, no cooperation with the AfD,\u201d said party leader Friedrich Merz. Instead, with elections in Brandenburg coming up, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/german-opposition-leader-merz-rules-095722532.html\">lectured<\/a> voters: \u201cTake a close look at what happened in Thuringia and Saxony\u201d and \u201cmake sure there are clear political majorities in the center of the political spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SPD, the left-wing party the CDU supposedly opposes, also claims it \u201chas a responsibility to ensure that there will continue to be stable political majorities in the political center in future.\u201d Thus, it\u2019s the parties\u2019 job to discipline voters to make sure they are ruled by the \u201cpolitical center\u201d regardless of what they want. The \u201cpolitical center\u201d is far left by historical standards, with mass immigration continuing in Germany regardless of the party in power.<\/p>\n<p>A Green Party leader <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/party-wins-2-state-elections-eastern-germany-113306133\">says<\/a> that the AfD\u2019s success \u201ccauses many people very deep concern and fear.\u201d Would right-wing voters afraid of a hard-left party get sympathetic media coverage about their \u201cconcern and fear?\u201d A spokeswoman for Turks says many in her generation plan to leave Germany. If someone wanted to stop the AfD, removing the reason for its support through remigration would be a good first step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results for the AfD in Saxony and Thuringia are worrying,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-worried-by-far-right-surge-after-regional-election-wins\/ar-AA1pPypQ?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said<\/a> German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. \u201cOur country cannot and must not get used to this. The AfD is damaging Germany. It is weakening the economy, dividing society, and ruining our country\u2019s reputation.\u201d How did it do that without ever being in government? Mr. Scholz is lecturing Germans about what democracy means and who should govern.<\/p>\n<p>The AfD wants what its election results warrant: a role in government. Alice Weidel, national co-leader of AfD, said it was a \u201chistoric success for us\u201d and a \u201crequiem\u201d for the SPD government led by Chancellor Scholz, whose party barely got 5 percent of the vote, the minimum required for seats in parliament. \u201cFirewalls [to exclude the AfD] are undemocratic,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/us\/far-right-success-in-german-votes-piles-new-pressure-on-scholzs-government\/ar-AA1pPSYj?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said<\/a>. Bj\u00f6rn H\u00f6cke, another influential AfD leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/europe\/explainer-what-can-germanys-far-right-afd-do-with-its-regional-blocking-minority\">said<\/a> the vote would mean other parties could not freeze it out. \u201cWe are ready to take government responsibility,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/german-far-leader-h-cke-172746449.html\">added<\/a>. It seems unlikely the AfD will get the chance.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a court fined Mr. H\u00f6cke for daring to utter the phrase, \u201cEverything for Germany.\u201d Supposedly, this was a Nazi slogan, though Mr. H\u00f6cke said he didn\u2019t know that. (Neither did I.) A judge did not believe him and therefore fined him. \u201cThe Nazis also said \u2018Guten tag,\u201d Mr. H\u00f6cke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/bjorn-hocke-germany-s-right-wing-extremist-fined-for-using-nazi-slogans\/ar-AA1pVhbL\">said<\/a>. \u201cDo you want to ban the German language because the Nazis also spoke German? At some point, this has to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hocke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-294638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hocke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hocke.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hocke-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The perpetual guilt imposed on Germans after World War II is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/commentary\/2019\/11\/white-identity-is-not-perverse\/\">foundation of the modern German political order<\/a>. It is the foundation of the entire postwar political order in the West. \u201cWe Germans are the only people in the world that have planted a monument of shame in the heart of their capital,\u201d said Bjorn H\u00f6cke, referring to a Holocaust memorial. <em>The Telegraph <\/em>added that Mr. H\u00f6cke said that modern Germans have \u201cthe mentality of a totally vanquished people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britain is <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/law-change-allowing-holocaust-memorial-054452251.html\">planning<\/a> to build a Holocaust memorial next to Parliament, destroying some of the meager green space left in London.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A new permanent National Holocaust Memorial &amp; Learning Centre beside Parliament is the right idea, in the right place, at the right time. It will be a bold, unapologetic national statement.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s fulfil the promise I made a decade ago, get behind it, build it, &amp; be proud of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQ0bNbNvxx\">pic.twitter.com\/NQ0bNbNvxx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Cameron (@David_Cameron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Cameron\/status\/1831659686099141064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-65066242#:~:text=A%20memorial%20for%20the%20victims%20of%20the%20transatlantic,a%20history%20closely%20linked%20with%20the%20slave%20trade.\">memorial<\/a> lamenting slavery in London. The historic homes of the American Founding Fathers are now monuments to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2022\/07\/monticello-is-going-woke-and-trashing-thomas-jeffersons-legacy-in-the-process\/\">shame<\/a>. There are anti-white \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2024\/08\/decolonization-has-no-limits\/\">decolonization<\/a>\u201d efforts in many white countries. Our system has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2023\/04\/the-theology-of-deconstruction\/\">negative foundation myth<\/a> that teaches white children they are uniquely guilty of racism, sexism, and oppression, and must \u201cabolish whiteness.\u201d Each country has its version. Canada berates itself over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2022\/01\/kamloops-greatest-hate-hoax-ever\/\">residential schools for Indians<\/a>, America over slavery and westward expansion, Britain over the Empire, Belgium over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-53232105\">Congo<\/a>, the Netherlands over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20210601-how-the-dutch-are-facing-up-to-their-colonial-past\">colonialism<\/a>, and so on. This does not lead to \u201chealing.\u201d It rubs ancient grievances raw and becomes the new rationale for more payoffs to non-whites.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post <\/em>argued that the imposed guilt and shame Germans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2021\/06\/the-washington-post-treat-america-like-a-conquered-nation\/\">feel<\/a> should be the model for Americans. Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2019\/02\/for-kamala-harris-america-is-the-scene-of-a-crime\/\">claimed<\/a> the United States is the \u201cscene of a crime:\u201d \u201cwhat we did with slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism.\u201d Monuments reminding us of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2021\/09\/virginia-capital-unveils-monument-marking-end-of-slavery-after-removing-confederate-statue\/\">slavery<\/a> go up while statues of heroes come down.<\/p>\n<p>The real enemy of World War II was not the Axis but the inner racism in every Western country. This also explains the current hysteria over Tucker Carlson\u2019s interview with Darryl Cooper about the causes of World War II, now apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/05\/media\/white-house-condemns-tucker-carlson-nazi-propaganda-interview\/index.html\">worthy of condemnation from the White House<\/a>. The real question is not about history, but about World War II mythology that attacks Western nations.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here was the most important part of the Darryl Cooper interview on Tucker Carlson: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIExPRCTZ4\">pic.twitter.com\/pIExPRCTZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ib (@Indian_Bronson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indian_Bronson\/status\/1831490284041203984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Allied victory did not lead inevitably to the Death of the West. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2017\/07\/winston-churchill-islam-eugenics-europe-identity\/\">Winston Churchill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2019\/06\/charles-de-gaulle-and-the-idea-of-france\/\">Charles de Gaulle<\/a>, and other allied leaders and generals would be guilty of \u201cinciting racial hatred\u201d if they were living today. However, Germany is \u201cpatient zero\u201d of this global anti-white plague, and if Germany recovers, the rest of us may, too. Hysteria and fear over the gains of a moderately right-wing German party are therefore justified; an entire moral framework and political system are in jeopardy. If Germany becomes a \u201cnormal\u201d nation whose people are allowed to be patriotic, other white nations could be, too.<\/p>\n<p>Evoking the Nazis is a way to tell Germans they can never be normal. After the election, a former head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2024\/09\/the-fight-for-germany\/Exactly%2085%20years%20after%20the%20start%20of%20World%20War%20II,%20Germany%20is%20in%20danger%20of%20becoming%20a%20different%20country%20again:%20more%20unstable,%20colder,%20and%25%20\">said<\/a>, \u201cExactly 85 years after the start of World War II, Germany is in danger of becoming a different country again: more unstable, colder, and poorer, less secure, less worth living in.\u201d Tarik Abou-Chadi who teaches at Oxford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/sep\/03\/jewish-groups-minorities-germany-afd-victory-state-elections\">says<\/a>, \u201cAs a German citizen, a queer person of color, it is simply devastating and frightening that, at a very high turnout, over 30 percent support extreme-right fascists.\u201d The head of the International Auschwitz Committee said that the vote was depressing for survivors because \u201cthey thought that Germany, after the experiences of the Holocaust, the rise of the Nazi party, the SS and everything, would be especially aware of the dangers of this ideology.\u201d The AfD\u2019s strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/english\/why-are-young-germans-voting-for-the-far-right-ld.1846613\">performance among young Germans<\/a> suggests they are throwing off Germany\u2019s regime of shame.<\/p>\n<p>The result may be more repression. \u201cAll democratic parties are now called upon to form stable governments without right-wing extremists,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/2024\/09\/02\/afd-is-damaging-germany-says-olaf-scholz-as-far-right-party-leads-in-state-election\/\">said<\/a> Chancellor Scholz. Left-wing protesters, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/de-de\/nachrichten\/politik\/afd-wird-antifa-verbieten-wenn-sie-regiert-droht-alice-weidel-den-demonstranten-in-erfurt\/ar-AA1pMCZV?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">antifa<\/a>, are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/de-de\/nachrichten\/politik\/tausende-demonstrieren-gegen-afd-veranstaltung-gest%C3%B6rt\/ar-AA1q4ims?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">disrupting<\/a> AfD events. The <em>Washington Post <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/as-germany-s-far-right-reaches-milestone-moment-extremists-grow-bolder\/ar-AA1pHKOd?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">said<\/a> AfD participation in government \u201cwould amount to a major new crack in Germany\u2019s post-World War II firewall against the far right, further eroding efforts to contain and ostracize extremist political thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the West, regimes teach our children shame and self-hatred. This started in Germany; maybe it could end there first. German activists face obstacles that should shame Americans who have much more freedom. However, the Germans persisted and have won a major victory. Nationalists support patriotism and pride for all nations. Germany and America\u2019s fates are linked, like those of all white nations. The struggle to save our countries may make us one people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/features\/2024\/09\/the-fight-for-germany\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perpetual guilt imposed on Germans after World War II is the foundation of the modern German political order. 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