WordPress Post by Kyle Becker on It’s okay to be proud to be German

Elon Musk’s statement “It’s okay to be proud to be German” is creating a storm in Germany for a very simple reason.

Unless you’ve been to Germany, it’s impossible to comprehend just how deeply the German people in particular have been conditioned to hate themselves, to be ashamed of their country, to sever any connection with their own identity.

I first noticed it as a teenager, when talking to a German exchange student called Lukas. Somebody teased him jokingly about World War II, and he immediately turned bright red and looked on the verge of tears. His reaction seemed totally over the top, and I didn’t understand it until I eventually visited Germany myself, and saw how deep the conditioning was.

What’s being done to the German people is evil. I hope the AfD succeed in turning the tide.

Brittany Sellner

⁦‪@BrittPettibone‬⁩

Elon Musk’s statement “It’s okay to be proud to be German” is creating a storm in Germany for a very simple reason.

Unless you’ve been to Germany, it’s impossible to comprehend just how deeply the German people in particular have been conditioned to hate themselves, to be

1/25/25, 3:03 PM

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