• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    6 months ago

    I did a quick search, I couldn’t find out if the Nazis sold merchandise at their rallies.

    Offhand, I’d think that the Nazis probably gave things like posters and armbands away, but wouldn’t take money for it. I think that in economic hard times it would have seemed like a bad idea.

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        6 months ago

        The Nazis came out of a time of hyperinflation. Germany was having real problems when they took over.

        Trump got elected in 2016 at a time of prosperity.

        Also, Kirk was born in 1993. He was old enough to serve during the ‘War on Terror.’ For some reason, he felt he could better serve his country by arguing with other Americans instead of actually hurting the terrorist.

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      Yeah the Nazis were murderous authoritarian fucks. MAGA are a bunch of amoral grifters using the Nazi playbook to make a bunch of money.

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        There’s a book series I like a lot. ‘Berlin Noir’ by Phillip Kerr. The stories are set from 1934 on to the 1960s. The hero is an ex-cop turned private eye. In one of the books the hero is talking to one of his old police buddies. “Last year we executed about 30 people in all of Germany. This year we’ve already had over 200 executions. I don’t know where this is going to end…”