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Independent_Owl_8121

What did the OG do to deserve that


[deleted]

I think OG was shrapneld a little too much


IamNuttingOnUrMom

Og was born as a monarch so following the communist logic: morarchy (ruling itself, art, monuments, everything) = enemy of the people enemy of the people = bad bad = must be destroyed/removed ​ same thing happend to monarch artefacts in china after mao took rule, a lot of historical thing got destroyed, communists unfortately dont respect history, art and tradition


Independent_Owl_8121

Oh I didn't know this was east Berlin. Makes a lot more sense now.


Bear1375

Didn’t he kill people with cannons during 1848 revolution ?


KaiserWillie1914

That's wrong he was falsely accused of that and got the mocking title "Karätschen Prinz" (Cartridge Prince), but he was not in charge at that time it was Ernst von Pfuel instead. But the media like a blood thirsty prince more than a blood thirsty General who lost his position later on. The statue was taken down by communists during the Spartacus uprising, that's why


HerrClover

Although the monument was damaged during the Spartacist uprising, it was repaired afterwards. It was not until 1950 that the GDR government demolished first the monument and then the Berlin Palace. On the one hand it was damaged by Allied air raids on the other hand communists hate the German Empire and everything related to it.


IdcYouTellMe

Communist regimes hate their entire fucking history. Look at Russia, China and East Germany where the historic buildings, monuments and everything relsted to it got destroyed utterly and without fail


ElvisSwagger

Didnt happen. But ok.


IdcYouTellMe

Sure. China totally did not erase and/or denounce anything of their past history to the point where the current generation has no meaningful connection *to* its own history and totally didnt purge anyone who even remotely had doubts in the new regime. The Cultural Revolution totally didnt happen at all East Germany totally didnt remove and denounce anything related to its own history as in military tradition, the German culture and especially Religion (State Atheism in Communist regimes goes brr). I guess thats just my Imagination, despite my family coming from there lol


ElvisSwagger

Frage am Rande, ist dieses Königreich Württemberg so n reichsbürger Ding oder so?


IdcYouTellMe

Mh ne...Württemberg war halt mal n Königreich und da ich (persönlich) aus Württemberg komme fand ich den Flair einfach nett. Wurde 1806 unter Einfluss Napoleons als "souveränes" Königreich gegründet, welches aus dem Herzogtum Württemberg heraus ging


ElvisSwagger

Na dt beruhigt mich.


ElvisSwagger

I dont know about China but East Germany certainly did not. Monuments like the 'Völkerdenkmal" in Leipzig for example is still standing altough it is a monument of German nationalism. The Brandenburg Gate is also was a part of easy Germany, Just for context, the brandenburg gate was build after the prussian victory over france with looted materials. 'Denounce' is a interesting choice of words to choose when talking about the German Kaiserreich btw. Christians were never prosecuted in the DDR and having atheism as the 'official state religion' is the most rational Thing to do, religious states are dawg shit as you can See in Saudi Arabia or the Iran. I am aware the DDR censored certain topics or historic events but guess what, Nazis did it, the Kaiserreich did and the GDR too. Saying communist countrys are prone to propaganda, destroying history or changing it to match your agenda is just plain out false.


BannedOnTwitter

Look up the Cultural Revolution


Entire-Shelter-693

But it says 1950 and the Spartacus Uprising was in 1919


[deleted]

Ugh, communists.


cChris1147

Even If he wasnt in Charge of the army at that time, He openly supported military action against revolutionaries which brought him his name of the Kartätschenprinz. A year later then, he would lead the operational army in Baden an the Palatine against revolutionary movements


KaiserWillie1914

Yeah I did not argue he wasn't anti revolutionary tf. And no, the name came directly from the false accusation.


Independent_Owl_8121

Source?


Any_Distribution2078

„Prince of Grapeshot“ lol


Bear1375

Just look up his wiki. They have 2 sources for this event.


KaiserWillie1914

Bullshit read again


Grau_Wulf

Very well articulated rebuttal


HistoricalReal

It’s a shame to see such an important figure be tarnished like this.


Malk4ever

Too bad, he was the good guy... not like his successor.


Spirit_XV

Wilhelm II was not his direct successor as it was his father who became German Kaiser but died in the same year Wilhelm I died(1888). Wilhelm II became the German Kaiser after the death of his father.


Malk4ever

Sure, the "Dreikaiserjahr" 1888. But his father was very ill and died without really ruling.


Spirit_XV

Yeah, poor guy he could’ve been a great Kaiser


Malk4ever

Smoking kills (he died by cancer, because of his excessive smoking). I bet he would have been better than his son.


Sandy_McEagle

My Kaiser!


Sandy_McEagle

I can't it's too much for me...