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speeding_snail · 4447 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Does the national anthem of your country reflect the country nowadays?

I think that the greatness of a country is quite a common theme. I listened to the German anthem yesterday. The old anthem with 3 stanzas starts out with:

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles über alles in der Welt, wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze brüderlich zusammenhält.

It pretty much tells everybody how Germany is greater than every other country in the world.

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ooli · 4447 days ago · link ·

as you said it's an OLD anthem and more or less discarded cause it's too much associated with nationalism and racism. German people were pretty angry at me when I talked about this anthem.

+discuss+discuss

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speeding_snail · 4447 days ago · link ·

I get that much. After WW2, the old anthem was banned until they abolished the first 2 stanzas. It does however fit with the history of Germany. When Germany was formed (as it was before WW1 & 2), nationalism was abundant. So it fit pre-WW1 Germany. Nowadays, not so much.