Will American Wokeness Destroy the Rest of the West?

By S.R. Piccoli at American Thinker:

“Julian Reichelt is dethroned.”SocheeredtheBerliner Zeitunga few days ago after it was revealed thatBild, Europe’s largest newspaper, had beenforced to sack its editor— and one of Germany’s most popular journalists — following allegations made in a Ben SmithNew York Timesarticleof affairs with junior colleagues.The piece also suggested that Axel Springer SE, the German publishing giant that ownsBild, is out of touch with today’s woke and #metoo values.Moreover, a few weeks earlier, Springerannouncedit was going to purchase Politico, the U.S. politics website, for about $1B — the German publisher’slargest-ever investment.One more reason to adopt the new values that now dominate American capitalist culture.After all, as Ben Smith put it, an American manager would have been fired for as little as five percent of the allegations Reichelt faces.

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