More so than that. It was the Nazi-era term referring to “the true Aryan German people”, and excluding all the Nazis regarded as degenerate or un-Aryan, as used in the adjective “volkisch”.
Yep. Much like the swastika was a Hindu and Buddhist symbol (that Hindus and Buddhists have largely given up b/c Nazis) “volk” is one of those things the Nazis tainted for good.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They really cant help themselves, its so
onbelow the noseRidderSport@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Well Volk is a country’s people in German
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
More so than that. It was the Nazi-era term referring to “the true Aryan German people”, and excluding all the Nazis regarded as degenerate or un-Aryan, as used in the adjective “volkisch”.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Yep. Much like the swastika was a Hindu and Buddhist symbol (that Hindus and Buddhists have largely given up b/c Nazis) “volk” is one of those things the Nazis tainted for good.
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’m German and I never even knew of that association. (Despite 3 years of WW2 and Hitlers Idiocracy in school)
waldo_was_here@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
And in the dutch language too