Remember the GDR called the Berlin Wall the "Antifascist Protection Barrier"

immibis 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I believe the USA-Mexico border wall was called something similar

That wall is to keep people out from another state, not in.

	▲	0928374082 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		After all, they kept Paul Robeson in by simply pulling his passport, no wall needed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson#:~:text=A%20month...
	▲	thatcat 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's how east berlin marketed it too, it still features bi-directional blocking abilities, like all walls.

There were no fascists in the DDR.

There are fascists in the former DDR today.

So I guess it worked.

	▲	bentley 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> There were no fascists in the DDR. That was certainly the party line of the DDR at the time. Do you honestly believe it? It’s no coincidence that Vladimir Putin, a former KGB man who served in East Germany, claims that his war in Ukraine is justified in the name of denazification. It’s an easy rhetorical trick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_Russian_...