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by terminatornet 354 days ago
After this he immediately spoke at a campaign event for a far right German group

> On Saturday, Musk spoke repeatedly about the importance of Germans taking pride in their heritage.

> "It's good to be proud of German culture and German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything," Musk said.

> Then, in an apparent reference to the Nazi era, Musk added that there is "frankly too much of a focus on past guilt and we need to move beyond that."

They do say that those who forget the past will never repeat it. Ah well!

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276084/elon-musk-germa...

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Sounds about right? Today's Germans shouldn't feel guilty about the atrocities their great grandparents did. If they should, maybe look into your own heritage a bit.

Guilt has nothing to do with denying the past.

I'm jewish and think I know where I stand on german's feeling guilty about the past.