It is a phenomenon I find incomprehensible, since we Germans in particular should have learned much more from our Nazi era. This shows once again how little this period has really been dealt with and how much people have left untold by exercising violence on themselves. The sheer superficiality with which my generation has been educated about German history ( today even worse than back then) and the incredible guilt complex that we have instilled in ourselves prevents any intelligence in this respect. It is even a criminal offense in this country to use the swastika in any form, I believe. So because we can be made to feel guilty very quickly and the collective guilt complex is apparently incredibly deep-seated, the Greens were able to pull off their suicide mission.

I can't explain it any other way, because any stupidity from above can only be successful if it is supported from below. .. But, one more thing: we here in Germany, and I believe in the whole of Europe, lack the excellent constitution that you have in the States and which protects your free speech much better (although the means of censorship are huge and have been used - but what comes to light and is torn to shreds on a grand scale in your country does not happen here in that way).

For example, I have never ever in my life heard a character like McGregor speaking in my country. Never.