Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "The Iron Cross \u0026 The Knight's Cross" video.

  1. Other countries preserves their traditions despite their anti-democratic roots. "Royal" airforce does not really sound democraticly and nice as the name "people's liberation army" of the democratic people's republic of China. But I guess that superficial attributes are more important than what things really are. Sweden continues the tradition of parading regiments in front of the Royal palace - a tradition with roots from 1523, when the Swedish King wanted protection from his life guard regiments of his life and to protect his undemocratic royalistic rule. Personally, I think that a country should honour its past. Atleast when it comes to the symbols of the state - such as coins, military traditions and such. And I also think it is more honest to name a government department "the ministroy of war" instead of naming into som lying Orwellian bullshit like warmongering neoliberal politicians do today when they call it the "ministry of defence" while they go to war against country after country... Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria... I don't care about superficial garbage like politically correct idiots. I only care if things are opressive in the real world - which Iron crosses, palace guards, royal names on regiments, old royalist military flags are not. And things that sound nice, doesn't have to be nice things - as DPRK and DDR shows.
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  2. Abe Simpson was also awarded the Iron Cross for accidentally directing U.S. jeeps into Nazi minefields
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