Casual reminder
Casual reminder
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Casual reminder
Yall need to learn some history.
The liberal SDP split with the communists, supporting "centrist" Hindenburg in the name of unity.
The communists campaigned on "A vote for Hindenburg is a vote for Hitler is a vote for war"
Hindenburg won the election, getting more votes than either the communist or fascist candidates.
Hindenburg, the liberal candidate, then proceeded to make Hitler the chancellor and staff positions of power with nazis while purging the government of communists.
The nazis then barely had to do anything to assert complete control.
The nazis didn't get in power because communists stayed home, they got into power because the liberals would rather work with fascists than communists.
Those lib kids would be very upset if they could read
The Nazis didn’t get in power because communists stayed home, they got into power because the liberals would rather work with fascists than communists.
Lets not bury the lede. You run weak Democrats, you comprise with fascists (or just do the policies yourself; Biden's border bill, Congressional support for making criticism of Israel a hate crime) : this is the path you put us on.
It looks a lot like in a way History is repeating itself: the Democrat Establishment in the US (who are a hard neoliberals, not lefties) fielded directly and without a Primary a guy like Biden who is less than in his prime and even supports an ethno-Fascist regime commiting Genocide (and, more importantly, is unwilling to walk back on that support even to improve his odds of winning against Trump, which is what we are being told is the most important thing in the World) all of which is making it far more likely that the Fascists will get power.
There are vast contradictions between what we are being told is the danger of Trump getting elected and the DNC and Biden persistently making choices that increase the chances of Trump getting elected and not walking back on those.
Surelly if "Stop Trump" is the most important thing in the World for them, the Democrat Establishment too would be walking towards the wishes of the electorate not just trying to push the electorate to do all the walking towards the wishes of the Democrat Establishment.
the democrat establishment is already getting what they want from voters and the system and they won't get any of the blame should they lose; so they both have no reason to change nor do they have anything to risk by trying something new.
those contradictions you referenced are the centrists version of fox news stoking the culture war, but more vague because they're trying to appeal both both centrists and leftist; that and project 2025 are the talking points that the moderates are parroting to justify against voting progressively, thus proving martin luther king's opinion of the the american moderate is true.
Agreed.
We can't say we must do everything to stop Trump and then shrug and say hold your nose and vote for the guy that's polling poorly.
That's not trying everything that's people in power wanting one outcome that are willing to risk everything they say they don't want because the scared masses should hopefully fall in line without even a backup plan for it not working.
This isn't trying and doing everything to stop a fascist dictator taking power this is capitalist conservatives trying to stretch out their win for a little bit longer using what they think is a sure win. This can only ever end poorly even if it's just another 4 years later from now.
During Hitlers Ascent to Power, the communist still considered the SPD to be the bigger threat and refused to march with them. And the SPD of the 1930 were by no means "liberals". They were further to the left than any democrat has ever been.
the communist still considered the SPD to be the bigger threat and refused to march with them
...which was confirmed when they agreed with the Nazis... And when they collaborated with the Freikorps to crush, torture, and murder the communists.
And the SPD of the 1930 were by no means "liberals". They were further to the left than any democrat has ever been.
Go ask Rosa Luxembourg, leader of communists in Germany and murdered at 47 at the order of SPD, how progressive and left the SPD was. "Left is when you agree to murder and torture communists". Fucking revisionists man
and lets not forget what stopped hitler wasnt electoralism. it was the soviets, and they needed force at that point.
Wowsers, that's horrible! I'll make sure not to vote for Biden if he nominates Trump as his VP.
Cool. In this comparison, none of that matters and the Tweet has a completely valid point.
Unless you suspect Biden will be appointing Trump in his cabinet if he wins?
We've been saying from day one, that if Biden doesn't move to the left and use every tool at his disposal to improve people's material conditions, Trump's going to win in 2024.
Biden didn't just not go left, he tried to outflank the republicans from the right by facilitating genocide, ending covid protections, and passing the most draconian border bill since like the 40s.
This is the closest thing he could have done to handing Trump the presidency, short of appointing him VP and stepping down.
I think it's more like Trump getting elected and he is appointing Putin as US president. Which isn't that far off, is it?
Also, Hitler had to declare a state if emergency to gain the absolute power the Supreme Court has just handed to the US president.
Suffice it to say, something lile this is impossible now in Germany. The justices of our highest court, the Bindesverfassungsgericht, can only hold the job for 12 years and can be no older than 68. They are also always equally voted in by two different branches of the government and need a two thirds majority for any decision.
Our democracy isn't without faults, but this is probably our strongest bulwark against another descent into facsism.
Let's hope it holds up against the AFD
I think Trump will declare a state of emergency as soon as people will riot against his unjust laws. Project 2025 has something about deploying the military against the population to force through deeply unpopular laws.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. — Plato
Just ask my slaves. Gods, I love slavery. - Plato
Imagine having a political opponent you consider equal to Hitler and choosing Joe Biden as the candidate you run against him.
And after the debate you have to wonder who you're really voting for. I don't believe he's really calling the shots. If it's Obama or something okay, but let's be honest.
And after the debate you have to wonder who you’re really voting for.
The one who doesn't pledge to be a dictator.
Next you’ll be telling us about “big Mike”, right, Chuddy?
“dOnT cArE, nOt VoTiNg”
-hexbear
Hitler was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg. He wasn't voted in by the people.
Even setting aside the bit of history where the SDP party rallied around Hindenburg because of their deep and abiding fear of the Evil Russian Backed KDP party (god damn, everything old really is new again), there were three different elections from July of '32 to March of '33. The Nazis took 37% of the seats in July, dipped down to 32% in November, and then jumped to 43% the following March.
And then, what really kicked off martial law was the Reichstagg fire, which was blamed on Tankie Antifa Far-Left Communists and used to justify a Nazi-lead state of martial law. Liberals, Conservatives, and Fascists all united under a single banner in their staunch hatred of German Communism.
This was decades after German military police and Freikorps paramilitary groups under Hindenburg crushed the Spartacus League during the 1919 strike wave. The leaders of the movement - Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring - were executed by the police and the organizations disbanded under threat of further imprisonment/execution.
This, in comparison to the Beer Hall Pustch four years later, in which Hitler's band of low-ranking military officers were tossed in the drunk tank for nine months, before returning to politics and rapidly climbing the ranks on the basis that he'd been martyred by (((bad Germans))) who secretly controlled the government.
Gotta wonder how this compares to the 2014 BLM protests, the subsequent police crackdown, and then the string of BLM leadership "suicides" where members of the movement shot themselves in the head right before being incinerated in their cars. Or the widespread bipartisan/corporate efforts to suppress labor activism in the rail, shipping, and Amazon distribution centers, the automotive industry, and the Starbucks-centric food service sectors.
Or the feeble efforts by US government officials to arrest/convict J6ers, the hand-slap sentencing of Alex Jones and Steve Bannon, and the stubborn refusal to federally prosecute Donald Trump.
Oh well, anyways!
Yeah we have a lot more in common with pre third Reich Germany than people want to talk about and it's not just a voting for a crazy shouting lunatic thats making the comparison so eerily similar.
The staunch refusal to try and go left and actually make things better and give people to rally behind is gonna do a lot of the heavy lifting of moving people to the right and it's not appreciated or understood by the people who make the memes about voting for Biden regardless of anything.
There is a good reason why it starts with "first they came for the communists"
Shit, the Freikorps immediately turned around after murdering the Spartacus League and overthrew the SPD government who sent them out. The Kapp Putsch. And the SPD compromised with them.
because of their deep and abiding fear of the Evil Russian Backed KDP party (god damn, everything old really is new again)
You missed the moment where NSDAP and German communists kinda had intersecting constituencies, as in "angry young people with nothing good to do".
Many stormtroopers were members of both at different points of their, eh, path.
And then, what really kicked off martial law was the Reichstagg fire,
Which was almost certainly a false flag operation by Nazis.
Liberals, Conservatives, and Fascists all united under a single banner in their staunch hatred of German Communism.
Such parallels always suck. They didn't really have liberals in the Weimar republic. It was all conservatives, monarchists, nationalists, and some fishy social-democrats. And it was kinda authoritarian at every point.
This was decades after German military police and Freikorps paramilitary groups under Hindenburg crushed the Spartacus League during the 1919 strike wave. The leaders of the movement - Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring - were executed by the police and the organizations disbanded under threat of further imprisonment/execution.
Yep. You might consider that such a republic shouldn't be so readily compared to the US.
I'm not saying future is cool.
Since this is posted on a shitpost community, I'll just assume it's not supposed to be taken seriously.
Likely testing waters to see if it would land.
We already had trump and biden, and country has been in structural decline since at least 2008.
It doesn't matter who is the next president since there is zero indication current policy will be adjusted in any meaningful way to to provide any relief for working people.
Beatings will continue until morale improves.
Income tax sunset from trump corpo tax cuts coupled with inflation really pinching people this year. But fake news and our dear leaders can't figure why z peasants are bitching since inflation is "down"
there is zero indication current policy will be adjusted in any meaningful way to to provide any relief for working people.
Just a reminder that Biden has been working overtime to provide student debt relief the entire time he's been in office. Republicans have been working overtime to block it.
Student debt shouldn't even exist. We need more education, not less.
So weird to think that that all went down in 14 years. 2010 doesn't seem that long ago.
The proper marker is 2008... It has been going down hill and fast.
Boomers created this paradise for us.
Yeah... I mean.. bad decisions to "fix" the country post crash followed by the absolutely nauseating problematic laws and decisions since, like citizens united and eased FTC regulations.
And all that before I was even close to being able to vote.
But here we have the boomers and silent generation demanding they know best and will never die and their kids in Gen X just sitting back and trying to make their money at the expense of generations after claiming they "feel sorry" for us without even lifting a finger to help...
Honestly fuck a few generations even though it doesn't help against the real issue of the rich but there was a lot of adults in the room ignoring it because they still felt comfortable well past the signs.
If they survived that is.
The first NSDAP government came into being in 1930, in Thuringia. It toppled a left-wing government with a broad alliance of liberals, conservatives and right-wing extremists. Today, a center-left government is still in power in Thuringia, but in a tolerated minority government that is dependent on the votes of the other parties. In a few months, it will most likely be voted out by another one. The liberal, conservative and far-right parties are already using their majority to jointly push through laws against the government. An extreme right-wing party will probably become the strongest force and as such will be able to do a lot of damage, even without government participation.
There are already areas where only right-wing candidates are running and right-wing conservatives are the most left-wing option.
Perhaps history will repeat itself this year.
It didn't just take "Hitler's death" for Germans to be able to vote again. It wasn't a case of "oh look, he's dead, now we can go back to democracy". It took over a decade of political terror and violence, a devastating world war, and one of the most organised campaigns of mass murder and genocide in history.
Yeah, and he went away not because they voted him out but thanks to Soviet weapons.
Who allied up with the Nazis to invade Poland?
IBM and Standard Oil
And American weapons. Let's not pretend that the USSR fought alone.
Probably more accurate to say American trucks and raw materials, but yes.
They did some rapes too !
Imagine thinking the Russian cowards were the main factor in Hitler’s loss 😂😂😂
If they're trying to convince Republicans to vote against Trump then they've chosen the wrong argument.
They probably want non voters to vote.
That's just a bit over 3 legislative periods. Hardly enough for anything significant to happen.
Edit: Just two hours passed and Poe's Law struck again.
How long until Coles Law?
(I am very hungry)
This is not a shitpost.
So just 14 years, a world war, a holocaust, and an aftermath which still leads to new wars until today?
Yeah I think I’ll just be watching those crazy Netflix documentaries on Nov. 5th
The problem with the left everywhere is they don't have the balls to actually take action. They all talk about tolerance and how dialogue should make people change and be the politicians language. No. Certain things shouldn't be tolerated. Fascism and nazism are two of those. Democracy is above anything else. If a subject is trying to undermine democracy or the institutions protecting it, they should be considered a national threat and dealt with accordingly. The problem is that the left is afraid of being seen as "authoritarian" so when a fascist comes and openly says they want to fuck democracy until it becomes a dictatorship, leftists just say "hey now, let's sit down and talk". No, my dude, we don't "sit down and talk" with a fascist. We punch them in the face and tell them "fuck you, if you want to be a dictator, you're a threat for our country and will be dealt with as a terrorist". 80 years ago, we argued with Nazis by shooting them. We forgot and now we're having them in our governments again.
dont conflate liberals with leftists
Yeah -- has the commenter above seen literally any civil war ever? It's the leftists that show up
The problem with the left everywhere is they don't have the balls to actually take action
Wait, I thought the problem is that the communists are oppressive tankies. What's the conclusion then, the left goes too far or it doesn't go far enough?
They all talk about tolerance and how dialogue should make people change and be the politicians language. No. Certain things shouldn't be tolerated. Fascism and nazism are two of those
Please tell me, which ideology do the famous and vilified "antifa", the ones who actually go and punch Nazis, espouse? Are they lukewarm Dems, are they republicans? Or are they actual leftists, both anarchists and communists?
The problem is that the left is afraid of being seen as "authoritarian" so when a fascist comes and openly says they want to fuck democracy until it becomes a dictatorship, leftists just say "hey now, let's sit down and talk".
This is true in some cases, not in others. You can argue this is true for Salvador Allende in Chile, you can maybe even argue for pre-spanish civil war Second Republic, but you can't argue this about Maoists or Marxist-Leninists. Those are as far to the left as it gets, isn't it?
Maybe the problem isn't with "the left not being active enough", but with democrats in the US and socialdemocrats in Europe co-opting the left thanks to the power of mass media? Maybe the problem is the century of anti-communist propaganda that we've suffered?
Candidate: Konrad Adenauer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer#Years_under_the_Nazi_government
When the Nazi Party won several municipal, state and national elections in between 1930 and 1932, Adenauer, a strong opponent of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, still believed that improvements in the national economy would make his strategy work: ignore the Nazis and concentrate on the Communist threat. He thought that based on election returns, the Nazis should become part of the Prussian and Reich governments, even when he was already the target of intense personal attacks. Political maneuverings around the ageing President Hindenburg then brought the Nazis to power on 30 January 1933.
By early February, Adenauer finally realized the futility of all discussions and any attempts at compromise with the Nazis. Cologne's city council and the Prussian parliament had been dissolved; on 4 April 1933, he was officially dismissed as mayor and his bank accounts were frozen. "He had no money, no home and no job." After arranging for the safety of his family, he appealed to the abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Maria Laach for a stay of several months. According to Albert Speer in his book Spandau: The Secret Diaries, Hitler expressed admiration for Adenauer, noting his civic projects, the building of a road circling the city as a bypass, and a "green belt" of parks. However, both Hitler and Speer concluded that Adenauer's political views and principles made it impossible for him to play any role in Nazi Germany.
Adenauer was imprisoned for two days after the Night of the Long Knives on 30 June 1934; however, on 10 August 1934, maneuvering for his pension, he wrote a ten-page letter to Hermann Göring, the Prussian interior minister. He stated that as Mayor he had violated Prussian laws in order to allow Nazi events in public buildings and Nazi flags to be flown from city flagpoles, and that in 1932 he had declared publicly that the Nazis should join the Reich government in a leading role.[24][25] At the end of 1932, Adenauer had indeed demanded a joint government by his Zentrum party and the Nazis for Prussia
What a cool dude. Glad this guy was able to get back in charge of the German government in 1949, because his views were so incredibly normal and good and definitely not what might enable fascism to take root a second time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer#Ending_denazification
In a speech on 20 September 1949, Adenauer denounced the entire denazification process pursued by the Allied military governments, announcing in the same speech that he was planning to bring in an amnesty law for the Nazi war criminals and he planned to apply to "the High Commissioners for a corresponding amnesty for punishments imposed by the Allied military courts"
Incredible leadership. Fantastic. Awesome. Love it.
I’m voting for Joe!
I'm voting for Not Trump!
I'm voting for Joe and against Trump.
The Democratic platform if they actually acted to stop the rise of fascism and codified basic human rights:
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Junkers, dive bombing facts
Just a casual grasp of historical events and a critical phase of post-war and interwar politics and economies of Europe.
There's a lesson there!
Who's Hitler lol no cap fr fr deadass tho
Jenkins' brother.
Bro, I can't believe how that happened. They erased Jenkins from the timeline and somehow history was completely unaffected, because his brother became Fuhrer. Like what the shit
Something about a Genocide and never again...
Do you mean the Germans should have voted for Hitler harder OP?
They had better turn out in that electron than the US did in 2020, by 20%, and the Nazi party won a decisive victory. This meme doesn't check out.
A good reminder to vote against genocide Joe.
They’re poisoning the blood of our country
Trump quoting Hitler on immigrants.
And vote for Genocidal Convicted Felon Trump?
Thanks for the reminder to vote against dementia Don.
Hey, have you kissed your Nick Fuentes photo today?
Wow. Reading this comment has lowered the IQ of everyone in this thread...
There is no escape because Bourgeois representative “democracy” is a lie
Any look at Germany now….
Currently still dealing with Nazis organizing into a major political party.
Shitshow again, and extremely dangerous. Three eastern states are voting this year and the new Nazis are all on top in the polls.
Historical fact: Thüringen was the first state voting for the Nazis, 100 years ago. And they consider to do it again.
tf do you mean?
I took a nap earlier and woke up wondering what year it was 😵💫
Libs trying to teach history before learning it themselves. Iconic.
The more they push us to vote, the less our votes actually mean. Voting is a placebo.
Trump won 2020 and they'll cheat again in 2024.
You're so close~
Voting is a placebo, but every election is stolen before it's even held. Party members decide who gets to run in the primaries and draw the congressional districts to ensure no third parties could ever hope to win. Actual competition between the parties is limited to battleground states, electors elsewhere have no influence on the outcome.
So, you're right, but not in the way you think. The political establishment pushes an illusion of choice to keep the population from exercising its power.
If you vote with the hope that it will fixes problem by itself, you won't get very far. Voting is sort of the end of a political process, the other end starting in people building political movements. For your vote to mean something, you have to be voting with a political project. So, focus on the political projects: start building the structures that protect people first, without relying on the government's approval. Support your communities of care and build your mutual aid networks. Don't wait for it to be delivered from on high, get with people who also care about the things you care about and start using what you have to build what you can.
So just go give up. You don't need to comment about how hopeless it is, if you aren't fighting the good fight then sit down.
Nobody's fighting the good fight on Lemmy. What do you think this place is? We're not even on the cutting edge of Star Trek memes.
Are we really going with the trump is hitler thing again?
no, he himself is doing that.
He's more of a Gaddafi, but you won't like that much either.
Countries that go for these types of guys never end up doing well, but the fans never seem to notice.
Trump is a Gaddafi? Trump wants to nationalize the main sources of wealth of the country, to redirect the profits towards the majority of the population, towards education and healthcare and infrastructure? Trump is a weird form of socialist who believes in something analogous in America to the Pana-Africanism and Pan-Arabism that Gaddafi promoted?
What the hell is that comparison?