• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    I’m certain there were Jews who voted for the fucking Nazis in 1932 and now we have history repeating itself in the US of A. WTF!

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        The organization primarily attracted members from the anticommunist middle class, small business owners, self-employed professionals such as physicians and lawyers, national conservatives, and nationalist World War I veterans, many of whom believed that Nazi antisemitism was only a rhetorical tool used to “stir up the masses.”

        Oof

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          Yeah, sounds very familiar doesn’t it?

          “He doesn’t really mean it” How many times have we all heard something like that, often followed with a pivot to talking about Gaza (for some on the left) or tax cuts/“great at business” (for the right).

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          On the one hand, the shock and horror that people experience when their government goes hard on bigotry, demands some kind of retreat to psychological safety. On the other, the above is not the kind of copium one should reach for. What’s sad is that, as a group, they probably had the resources to actually do something useful to help themselves, rather than offer mutual support to ignore all the warning signs.

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            This is why it’s dangerous to not always be seeking the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it is

            It’s going to come back to bite you sooner or later