a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around

hitler-detector

    • D3FNC [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      And you expect us to what, admit it was the unhinged, frothingly racist, openly genocidal, openly and nakedly fascist actions of United States that directly inspired Hitler, per Hitler, not vague allusions to lengthy and complicated economic conditions and of course the perfidious French, the same French that magically stop being the gold standard for the training and organization of professional militaries for hundreds of years, right at the outbreak of the first world war?

      Next you expect us to what, stop worshipping American Nazi superfans and long time friends of the pod Hitler, Walt Disney and Henry Ford?

      The U.S. and U.K. not being on Germany’s side of the war was more of a fluke than anything. Most of the voting citizens in either country supported everything that was going on in Germany. Shit, 80% of the genetics in this country are German but we completely ignore that and go hard for St Patrick’s day instead.

      Very similar to how all Americans were in favor of invading Iraq again in 2002, but if you go back and ask the same dipshits today magically somehow everyone was part of the resistance.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        Agreed. It had more to do with the fact that the British were categorically opposed to Germany gaining enough power to contest their colonial projects and thus not allying with them (again not out of any anti-fascist sentiment, just purely out of self-interest) and political America being more closely allied with British political interests (because they speak the same language so it is easier to do business). If IBM or any of the major capitalist firms at the time had had their way, we would have allied with Germany immediately.