Doing a thorough job risks the sensational headlines though.
OKRainbowKid
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Let me prefix this with saying that I'm sympathetic towards Varoufakis. I've been following him somewhat since his time at Valve.
He claims he is now subject to a "Betätigungsverbot" which is very different from being "banned from the country". I tried to find any sort of official confirmation that he actually has "Betätigungsverbot" but I couldn't, feel free to post a link if you can find it. I personally believe that what he wrote in this post doesn't even come close to warranting a Betätigungsverbot - however, even assuming the Verbot is actually in place, claiming this means "Germany is going full fascism" is dishonest, exaggerated, and void of any nuance, which is my original point.
Reading the first sentence of the definition of fascism on Wikipedia should show you how ridiculous that statement is. Words have a meaning, and throwing around the word "fascism" for any measure you (potentially rightfully) don't agree with just hurts your credibility and devalues the meaning of the word when it's actually appropriate.
I'm fine with you attributing actions like this to historically motivated, misguided sense of "loyalty" (or however you want to call it) to Israel, or the Israeli government. Just keep the word fascist for actual fascists please.
Nuance exists, the world isn't just black and white.
That can go both ways through. To some people, criticizing Hamas or saying that their attack warranted a reaction (which doesn't mean I'm condoning what's happening now in any way) means you're actively calling for genocide.
Nuance is hard, people tend to prefer simple categorization into black and white, good and evil. The statement "Germany is going full fascist" is a perfect example of this.
Whataboutism is indeed popular with Russian bots.
You need to try way harder.
Bad troll.
It features the flag of the German empire that nowadays is only used by Nazis and "sovereign citizens".
They're trying their hardest to spin any statement about preventing a second Trump presidency into you actively supporting genocide. No mental gymnastics are too difficult for them.
I'm not usually inclined to conspiracy theories, but to me this smells like a concerted Russian astroturfing campaign to bring Putin's sock puppet back into office while sowing more division. What's also interesting is that all they want to talk about is genocide, but only the one happening at the hands of Israels government right now. Putin's genocide in Ukraine is conveniently ignored or denied.
I don't need to be from the US in order to understand US politics / political system better than the average US citizen.
In that case, I fail to follow your explanation. What's more important: Words/sentiments, or actions? For example, Macron talks the talk, but fails to walk the walk, as evidenced by France's sub-par contributions.
In my opinion, the outcome is what matters. But also: Sign off the Tauruses, Olaf!
I'm not disputing your main point, I just think it's interesting that you chose Germany as an example, which, as I wrote, is one of the top contributors, even adjusted for GDP.
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