• germanichwurst@feddit.org
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    20 hours ago

    Oh they definitely existed to protect citizens from fascism. As a belgian person I’d sleep better at night knowing the Germans are under control

    • RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      I don’t trust Germans too (Source: I am German) but you’ll have to take into account that the Stasi members were German as well. And they had a very German approach at running things. Torture, murder, propaganda, organising a system where basically everyone was forced to spy and snitch on their neighbor was carried out with great bureaucratic precision and accuracy. They had learned this kind of inhuman technocracy from the Nazis and perfected it.