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fasttense

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1. The reason racism and Nazi hatred has come back to Germany is because the corporate bankster state
Sun Jul 26, 2015, 12:14 PM
Jul 2015

is promoting it.

Did you notice how Chancellor Angela Merkel did NOT negotiate with those lazy, overindulged Greeks? She could not negotiate with them. She is captured by the corporate banksters who promote the exact same ideology as Nazis.

It's not the hard working, white skinned, blond, blue eyed German's fault the economy is just so awful. It's NOT those hardworking rich people's fault they have all the money and that the majority of the hard working white German's don't have much and MUST suffer more austerity. It's all those lazy, welfare, do nothing tax avoiding Greeks, or (as Mitt put it) the 47%, or the blacks, or the Mexicans or the Jews. This mentality that wants you to blame the poor immigrant or those people who are different from the majority for the awful economic conditions is the same mentality that led to WWII.

Angela Merkel is playing a very dangerous game. By refusing to negotiate with Greece, she has signaled to the Nazis (dog whistle anyone?) in her country that it's OK to blame other races, religions and nations for the awful economy. Just so long as they don't blame the real culprits - the banksters and the rich corporate elite.

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