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Well.. That, and the fact that it is a nazi institution full of nazis that put nazis back into power in West germany 2
Not that the history of an institution condems it completely, but it certainly does not help when it continues to be a nazi institution
Yep, just trying to keep it basic in this environment. There's a mountain of depth we could go to, but for many people here this may be their first time hearing actual opposition to NATO as an institution, with no knowledge of Marxism beyond "capitalism bad, communism good." You gotta meet people where they are at, without committing tailist errors by blocking further growth.
For sure. I just feel like "it was full of nazis from its' inception" is a good starting point - If there are good sources backing the claim. Most people understand that "nazi = bad" so it's a great way to make them think deeper about NATO because most westerners are of the notion that "NATO = good"
Yep, linking the Wikipedia page for Adolf Heusinger can be helpful. At the same time, liberals tend to compartmentalize that to the past and focus instead on the present, like history is a series of snapshots. This is the limit of metaphysical analysis at the heart of liberalism. The entrypoint should often instead be how NATO is actively bad today. Then you can connect it historically as supporting evidence, and use this to develop rudimentary historical materialist analysis.