The actual risks of modern day Germany going on a hegemonic rampage across Europe are extremely low. Their interests these days are much more aligned with maintaining proper democratic institutions, the EU, and being a voice for the free non-russia-aligned world.

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tardedmeme 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And Israel. Don't forget, Merkel and Scholz both said the protection of Israel is Germany's reason to exist (Staatsräson).

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i000 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you looked at the rise of Germany's right-wing politics recently? AfD with 18.8% in Baden-Württemberg (west Germany, relatively rich).

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CamperBob2 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All of which was also true for the US... right up until it wasn't.

	▲	Levitz 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah, the US, which doesn't even want to put boots on the ground regarding Iran, will totally start invading nuclear powers in Europe any time now. Totally.
	▲	vkou 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The US political system is inherently unstable. It has a strong god-king executive branch of government, and only uses first-past-the-post voting, which results in truly insane election results, and little to no need for cross-party coalition building. Germany has a partially proportionate-representation multi-party strong-parliament system. While some fringe lunatics can definitely win an election, they are incredibly unlikely to sweep it.

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dreamlayers 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I view World War 2 as Nazis harnessing discontent in Germany to motivate Germans to fight a war. So, the main risk I see is discontent building up again. What about people who can't have a good future because of the industrial decline of Germany?

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948382828528 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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