Just a small note: the German CSU is not a socialist party. It is Bavaria’s version of the CDU. Bavaria is a so-called »Freistaat« (free state) and maintains a certain level of provincial snobbery for historical reasons. In every other German state, the CDU is the Christian-Conservative party (and usually the dominant force) in Bavaria, it’s the CSU. Next to American Republican hardliners, they might have a socialist sheen, but they are usually strongly anti-socialist.
May 16, 2023·edited May 16, 2023Liked by Damir Marusic
I wonder if there's a connection between the admonition "never again" and the frequency with which we call our opponents "fascists" or "Nazis." I agree "never again" has become an affirmation of progress - both it and the slandering and dismissing of opponents are a lot easier than carefully understanding why people believe what they do. It's also far easier to say "never again," or to bemoan a massacre happening, than to try and stop it.
I'm a lot older than Damir. The "never again!" I encountered when I came of political age in the late 60s and 70s was a (perhaps futile) expression of determination to prevent future monstrosities, not a confident prediction. I wonder if anyone has tracked the change to the claim that Damir hears in the expression.
Do you perceive there to be a void of (or even war on) morality? And if so do young people revel in morality’s demise or chafe and yearn for its return?? Further, is it just a debate of whose morality is morally correct, or a subversion/deconstruction of the concept of proper morals itself?
Just a small note: the German CSU is not a socialist party. It is Bavaria’s version of the CDU. Bavaria is a so-called »Freistaat« (free state) and maintains a certain level of provincial snobbery for historical reasons. In every other German state, the CDU is the Christian-Conservative party (and usually the dominant force) in Bavaria, it’s the CSU. Next to American Republican hardliners, they might have a socialist sheen, but they are usually strongly anti-socialist.
I wonder if there's a connection between the admonition "never again" and the frequency with which we call our opponents "fascists" or "Nazis." I agree "never again" has become an affirmation of progress - both it and the slandering and dismissing of opponents are a lot easier than carefully understanding why people believe what they do. It's also far easier to say "never again," or to bemoan a massacre happening, than to try and stop it.
I'm a lot older than Damir. The "never again!" I encountered when I came of political age in the late 60s and 70s was a (perhaps futile) expression of determination to prevent future monstrosities, not a confident prediction. I wonder if anyone has tracked the change to the claim that Damir hears in the expression.
Do you perceive there to be a void of (or even war on) morality? And if so do young people revel in morality’s demise or chafe and yearn for its return?? Further, is it just a debate of whose morality is morally correct, or a subversion/deconstruction of the concept of proper morals itself?