Schools should prep students for war, German minister says – DW – 03/16/2024
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Germany's education minister said students should be taught what to do in the case of wars, natural catastrophes or pandemics. She also said it was important they know how the army contributes to Germany's security.

The minister also called for developing a “relaxed” relationship between school students and the armed forces. She suggested that military officers visit schools to explain what “the Bundeswehr does for our security.”

  • gnuhaut
    215·
    8 months ago

    The context is that the defense minister said Germany must be “fit for war”. That’s not clickbait by DW, that’s actually what anyone following the news would take away from this. They’re just emphasizing the most important part.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
      17·
      8 months ago

      But thats a different minister, speaking about a different, if broadly related subject, right?

      Like, I get that the overlap in the messaging is concerning, these things don’t always happen by accident, and even less so when there’s a PR strategy involved, but the defense minister’s comments were very much in the context of fixing up known problems with the German armed forces. There wasn’t anything to suggest that he was talking about putting the country on a war footing.

      The overlap here seems to really be that both ministers are acknowledging that Europe as a whole has a highly belligerent, authoritian and revanchist rogue state on its border that is currently in the process of building up one on the largest militaries in the world, and is actively invading a neighboring country. Its hard not be talking about planning for the possibility of war in that context.

      • gnuhaut
        52·
        8 months ago

        Oh I get it. You don’t like that fact that saying unhinged ghoul shit like “prepare children for war” (WW3 no less) is controversial. You want that to be normalized! As normal as teaching them how to “handle money” (interesting choice of example). So you complain about “clickbait”, even though you do understand that it is controversial, and part of broader march towards war that worries many people, and therefore more relevant than the other things she said, and accordingly a perfectly reasonable choice for a headline.

        Fuck off with your warmonger shit. And look in the mirror before you call others belligerent.