The Pandemic of “Hitler-Complex” in Berlin!

Whether Friedrich Merz, the current German Chancellor, and Olaf Scholz, the former Chancellor, disagree in any area, there is one issue on which they are in full agreement: the “Hitler-complex delusion.” Over the past years, Berlin’s Social Democrats and Christian Democrats have engaged in an endless competition in brutality, genocide, and support for the killing of humans. Yet, neither of them possesses Hitler’s ability to govern or command, and this century is not the 20th.

Both current and former German governments suffer from a dangerous delusion of internal power, the outcome of which could provoke public unrest in Germany and the collapse of its current political structure—an ambitious but irrational country.

Recently, Germany’s Foreign Minister, during a visit to Japan, warned about Beijing’s “aggressive” behavior in the Asia-Pacific region. In response, China accused Berlin of exaggerating regional tensions between China and its neighbors. The reality is that the Germans seem intent on promoting threat creation and radicalism in international relations, reminiscent of the years leading up to World Wars I and II.

Germany, on one hand, has supported Kyiv and European capitals against Russia in the war, and on the other, it has expanded its costly interventionism in East Asia. Berlin’s special security and political relations with Tokyo and Taipei stem from a delusion that Merz, a weak yet ambitious politician, has fallen under.

Meanwhile, the Germans should answer some key questions:

• Does creating chronic strategic crises and global “strategic knots” demonstrate the ability to manage and exploit them?
• Do the leaders of Germany’s Social Democratic and Christian Democratic parties really see themselves on the same level as the Nazi army in the mid-20th century?
• Are they blind to widespread citizen dissatisfaction and anger at the weakening of social power foundations in Germany?
• Does the current Chancellor realize how much public hatred he has incurred in Germany for his absolute support of Israeli genocidal actions in Gaza?

Perhaps Merz will reflect on these questions when, as a failed and bankrupt politician, he writes his memoirs—or even a confession. If Germany continues on this path, it will not take long to reach that point.

At best, Merz and his associates could be seen as a modern symbol of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda and last Chancellor—except that they lack even some of Goebbels’ personal and professional skills in exaggeration and lying.