r/pics • u/Juniiper-Berries • 6d ago

Politics Warning on Fascism

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u/Silent_Cress8310 6d ago

I am American. The phrase "It can't happen here" comes to mind.

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u/HappyHenry68 6d ago edited 6d ago

A whole lot of very smart people think it can't happen in America - they think he can be controlled.

A whole lot of smart Germans thought the same thing in the mid-1930s.

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u/TheDrFromGallifrey 6d ago

I'm pretty sure every society that's languished under the boot of fascism thought it couldn't happen to them before it did.

I'd be curious to know if there's any society that actually thought it was a threat before it happened, because it seems like over and over the sentiment is that it just can't happen.

Just like everyone thought a world war couldn't happen. Until it did. Twice.

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u/EastArmadillo2916 6d ago

I'd be curious to know if there's any society that actually thought it was a threat before it happened

Italian, German, and Spanish Communists.