Note on the German Greens: The factional infighting between the Fundis and Realos was already skewed pretty heavily towards the realos in the 90s, especially as most of the remaining marxists, anarchists and other leftists had left by 1990. Some of them joined the tiny splitter group ÖkoLinx of Jutta Ditfurt (it’s antideutsch and basically only relevant in Frankfurt am Main).
Though many of these leftists had odd ideas and were indeed more concerned with societal rights (and in an internationalist manner - believing in exporting the revolution - even if they saw the revolutionary ideology to be social liberalism nowadays instead of a form of revolutionary Marxism) and didn’t care much for economics and were interventionist to the core. Not supporting the Yugoslav War German military operation (because first combat use of the German military since WW2) but for example were staunch supporters of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Some of them became fascists in the early 2010s and even as the Antideutsche are slowly fading away, the mid 90s to early 2010s were an odd time indeed for the German far-left.
Evidence of this is everywhere. In February, Nato held its first ever gaming event. A young employee of the alliance joined popular Twitch streamer ZeRoyalViking to play Among Us and casually chat about the danger disinformation poses to democracy.
The neoliberal world order would be hilarious if it wasn’t so depressing to live in it.
The article itself is a decent overview of PR strategies that worked to move some people to pro-NATO positions. It’s certainly is a factor. You join a party in 1995 and you have different assumptions on the world than a comrade that joins in 2015. There’s more, or perhaps simply different stuff to unlearn/overcome in order to have a leftist worldview.
BUT it focuses on the “Progressive Left”, a.k.a. the radlibs, the “democratic socialists” and the like. Marxist parties and organizations had vastly different debates and only the biggest cranks/revisionists adopt an outright pro-NATO position.
Evidence of this is everywhere. In February, Nato held its first ever gaming event. A young employee of the alliance joined popular Twitch streamer ZeRoyalViking to play Among Us and casually chat about the danger disinformation poses to democracy.
Remember kids, if you suspect that an adult is acting sus, they may be a russian imposter spreading disinformation so make sure to call an emergency meeting to report them to your local authorities.
Fundis
Realos
ÖkoLinx
Jutta Ditfurt
antideutsch
Some of them became fascists in the early 2010s
German Greens
When I hear that party I can only ever think of how they shut down nuclear plants. What a pathetic excuse for a “left” party.
