But listen to this!! An under 30, German woman living in the U.S, a business owner, an anti- vaxxer, told me that it was exactly because she had been taught her country's history that she views things like shut downs and vaccine/mask mandates with suspicion as the heavy hand of government control-- and sees pharmaceutical companies in le…
But listen to this!! An under 30, German woman living in the U.S, a business owner, an anti- vaxxer, told me that it was exactly because she had been taught her country's history that she views things like shut downs and vaccine/mask mandates with suspicion as the heavy hand of government control-- and sees pharmaceutical companies in league with governments to make millions by producing untried, harmful to fertility, vaccines. She is disgusted with current Germany and especially the Merkle administration's decisions as well as with the current U.S. administration. She is NOTthe German generation, like Adorno, who personally lived through Nazi Germany, but she does represent some percentage of two generations later who have been warned against fascism in what they are taught in school about their own history and the lives of their grandparents. It is frightening to me that the wake up call in this brilliant piece of yours is not only lost on her but is actually being interpreted in the exact opposite way, despite her schooling. I can only think it is extreme fear about her own health and the health of her business that has caused her to align with those aspects of the growing fascism within the U.S. which she then twists to view as actually fighting against the fascism she learned about. It defies belief but shows what a chokehold the movement has! Maybe someone else here, smarter than I, can explain how this can be??? She is like a granddaughter to me . I listen and try to suggest other thinking but she is holding fast to her views (and her fears). What is most interesting is that she sounds a lot like my youngest sister who is a little older but also a business owner, full of fear and aligned with TFG and his ilk. It is so difficult! I love them both but it is so difficult to navigate these relationships in the face of this very real and present danger to our democracy.
But listen to this!! An under 30, German woman living in the U.S, a business owner, an anti- vaxxer, told me that it was exactly because she had been taught her country's history that she views things like shut downs and vaccine/mask mandates with suspicion as the heavy hand of government control-- and sees pharmaceutical companies in league with governments to make millions by producing untried, harmful to fertility, vaccines. She is disgusted with current Germany and especially the Merkle administration's decisions as well as with the current U.S. administration. She is NOTthe German generation, like Adorno, who personally lived through Nazi Germany, but she does represent some percentage of two generations later who have been warned against fascism in what they are taught in school about their own history and the lives of their grandparents. It is frightening to me that the wake up call in this brilliant piece of yours is not only lost on her but is actually being interpreted in the exact opposite way, despite her schooling. I can only think it is extreme fear about her own health and the health of her business that has caused her to align with those aspects of the growing fascism within the U.S. which she then twists to view as actually fighting against the fascism she learned about. It defies belief but shows what a chokehold the movement has! Maybe someone else here, smarter than I, can explain how this can be??? She is like a granddaughter to me . I listen and try to suggest other thinking but she is holding fast to her views (and her fears). What is most interesting is that she sounds a lot like my youngest sister who is a little older but also a business owner, full of fear and aligned with TFG and his ilk. It is so difficult! I love them both but it is so difficult to navigate these relationships in the face of this very real and present danger to our democracy.