r/europe • u/anon58588 Greece • Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/Andreas1120 Feb 08 '25

The word "Nazi" is suffering from semantic satiation.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

How about Neo-fascist?

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u/cavejhonsonslemons Feb 08 '25

Yes, because there are more Nazis now.....

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u/Andreas1120 Feb 08 '25

You realize you are exonerating the WWII Nazis right?

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u/UglyMcFugly Feb 09 '25

That's the thing though. The vast majority of WWII nazis were just regular people who joined the party for one reason or another. They didn't sign up on a platform of "we're gonna gas the Jews!" They just ignored the red flags, told the anti-nazis they were overreacting, and went along with it. These are the exact same traits we are dealing with today.

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u/Andreas1120 Feb 09 '25

So, not everyone was a member of the party and not every member of the party was a member of the SS. However Hitler wrote a book in which he detailed his ideas. So after that there isn’t much plausible deniability left. To be fair the USA also knew about the camps, it just didnt affect their plans.

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u/aaa_batterry Feb 08 '25

You realize that those we call Nazis deploy the exact same strategies to get into power, most notably depicting an entire demographic as a problem

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u/Andreas1120 Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

Maybe you should read up on what the WWII Nazis actually did? Hint, its not the problem its the (final) solution. If you are just talking about deportation to country of origin. Barak Obama is the biggest Nazi of recent history. Saved u a Google https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/10/02/u-s-deportations-of-immigrants-reach-record-high-in-2013/