| ▲ | sajithdilshan 10 hours ago |
| This feels like the 1920s all over again. Germany is riddled with structural and economic failures, yet instead of addressing them, politicians are pivoting toward a war footing. The economy has been trapped in a cycle of recession and stagnation since the pandemic, but the current political response is to debate cuts to social benefits and tax increases. This is compounded by a self-inflicted energy crisis, shutting down every nuclear power plant has destabilized the energy market for the rest of Europe. Meanwhile, the AfD is polling at nearly 30% nationwide. History may not repeat itself, but it is definitely rhyming. |
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| ▲ | lostlogin 10 hours ago | parent [-] |
| If we’re comparing Nazis, can we include both sides of the Atlantic? |
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| ▲ | customguy 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Why would I care what others do or don't do, know or don't know, like or don't like, when it comes to Germans serving other right-wing extremist Germans talking points and votes on a silver platter, because they cannot be arsed to actually read and take seriously the accounts and warning of historians who lived through those times? I can't even figure what point you think you are making. | |
| ▲ | sajithdilshan 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I wasn't comparing Nazis but the reality. Maybe that's your narrative | | |
| ▲ | lostlogin 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I thought you were comping 1930s politics to current events. I’m saying that your comment broadly works when you compare current US politics to 1930s German politics (nuclear policy aside). | | |
| ▲ | sajithdilshan 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think you need to go back to school and learn history before labeling everything which goes against your belief as Fascism. What happened in 1930s Germany is absolutely not what is happening in US right now. US is still a democracy whether you like it or not. | | |
| ▲ | lostlogin 19 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > US is still a democracy whether you like it or not. It’s not a Boolean, it happens gradually, but it’s accelerating. I’m glad you think everything is fine, let’s hope you’re right. |
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| ▲ | general1465 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You could change Germany for USA in your comment and it would be mostly correct too. | | |
| ▲ | sajithdilshan 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | No it's not. Learn the actual history before you make vague comparisons. | | |
| ▲ | general1465 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | It works just fine or is USA not having a war right now, arming like crazy and want to fight for lebensraum with China, while also having meager real economy output? I guess you should learn more about history ;) |
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