Quite a few downvotes from Germans, even more than I expected. A lot of Germans are confidently incorrect about Zionism, Zionists, and the settler-colonial state of Israel.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Losurdo has a few good chapters specifically about a lot of the modern german ideological support for zionism in his book War and Revolution.

It's a really complicated subject, dealing with the historical guilt from the judeocide, and supporting Israel being an easy and surface-level way to alleviate that guilt.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

supporting Israel being an easy and surface-level way to alleviate that guilt.

No doubt reinforced by enormous amounts of hasbara.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

Almost as if they're overcompensating for something. 🤔