There is a belief that the Nazis were a monolith of anti-Semitic, war-happy clones of Hitler. In reality they were an alliance of groups of anti-Semites, racists, nationalists, militarists, corporatists, all of whom saw something in Hitler they could get behind. They were not all the same. - ThreadSky

veritasknight.bsky.social • 41 days ago

There is a belief that the Nazis were a monolith of anti-Semitic, war-happy clones of Hitler. In reality they were an alliance of groups of anti-Semites, racists, nationalists, militarists, corporatists, all of whom saw something in Hitler they could get behind. They were not all the same.

Reposted from Michael Hobbes

Bizarre that someone who admits Elon holds far-right beliefs, openly courts Nazis and deliberately did the salute still insists that he's not *technically* a Nazi. What does the distinction even mean at this point?

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generalgoodsman.bsky.social•41 days ago

They were quite fractured and bickered among themselves for most of the 20s

veritasknight.bsky.social•41 days ago

The bickering continued right up until about 30 June 1934

waluigiyaoi.bsky.social•41 days ago

Hell they were bickering until the end at the top. It’s insane how much of the failure of the Nazi war machine boils down to personal squabbles. Hitlers doctor stole trains to transport animal organs from the front to make pharmaceuticals for personal gain instead of retreating the army in the east

waluigiyaoi.bsky.social•41 days ago

Everyone was bickering over man power regardless of what was actually needed and very rarely did the smart movement of labor actually happen

thewanderingmedic.bsky.social•41 days ago

I feel like how we’ve tried to teach history has missed the nuance of it. We learned that the Great Depression of the US was hobo’s and victory gardens to support the we effort, but it was America First Nazi’s protesting war with Hitler.

veritasknight.bsky.social•41 days ago

what made them Nazis was not necessarily their motivation for joining the NSDAP, but that they were willing to support the Nazi Party and government through all its aims in order to get what they wanted out of it.

marushka-t.bsky.social•41 days ago

So what? A fascist by any other name pongs just as badly.

veritasknight.bsky.social•41 days ago

the point is that as long as he supports the regime he's a fascist regardless of what is in his "heart"

marushka-t.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yes, I get that. I'm simply tired of those bickering over whether he can be labelled a nazi. A fascist is a fascist.

waluigiyaoi.bsky.social•41 days ago

The most blatant distinction was the gulf between the “normal” fascist and the occult orientalist literally hitler worshiping types

michaelpacholek.bsky.social•41 days ago

They may not have all been the same, but they were all evil.

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