[Since the publishing of this article http://akf-europe.org/germany-moving-closer-to-the-russian-chineses-multipolarism/the German elections have taken place, the FDP and the Greens are considered kingmakers, and a three-party coalition has been discussed as a likely outcome. Within days, the first controversy has already erupted, with RT’s German-language channels being deleted with Google’s video platform saying the Russian state-backed broadcaster had breached its COVID-19 information policy. This has caused an escalation with talk that Russia will respond by banning youtube, with Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief, calling the ban a „real media war declared by the state of Germany to the state of Russia“ in a tweet. This risks breaking out into an Iron Curtain 2.0, and those who may find themselves loudly decrying on either side, should be mindful of who benefitted from such a divide the first time around. Don’t be a dunce and be fooled twice by the same old dog trick. For more details on the history I am referring here to another paper of mine published by SCF. Regardless, there are groupings within Germany that do desire cooperation with Russia and China and it is this potential that is actually what is under attack presently. To be drawn into the soap box drama is to relive the same tragedy over and over again, nicely set up for you to make a scene, burn down bridges and embrace your utter destruction as you go down in a flurry of flames. What is the lesson here? Never forget your history.] |