• jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    2 hours ago

    23 percent of respondents said Hitler was a “good person or an equally good and bad person” or “a bad person who did some good things,” data from YouGov showed.

    What a bullshit poll. So basically anyone who recognizes he cared for a dog is seen as liking Hitler.

    Anyone who said otherwise doesn’t understand spectrums and is generally using black and white thinking, a sign of mental illness

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      Is that really a Jimmy Carr joke? Pretty sure that’s just something every school kid has heard

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    He wasn’t “all bad”, he apparently was very good with animals, like his dog Blondie. He was a vegetarian. And that’s probably everything which wasn’t bad. For the rest it’s all completely fucked up bad. No doubt about it.

    Oh and I just remembered he was very good at giving directions. “were do I need to go?” “Take the third reich”

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      I don’t think he was vegetarian for animals. He did it for his health. Something Stallen should have done.

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        I thought I heard it was because of his love for animals. I googled and found This wiki page about it. TL:DR is it’s not completely clear whether it’s because of health reasons or because he’s against animal abuse.

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    Sure, Hitler passed some of the first anti-smoking laws.

    That doesn’t excuse all the other awful awful things he did.

    Also his anti smoking laws failed as the war went on longer and longer.

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    And I’m guessing none of those Americans have had relatives who were actually living during WWII.

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      I will do you one better. There are people thinking Stalin was not all that bad.

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        I’ll up arrow you for being brave

        People say the same about Mao and Hideki Tojo

        For USSR we are Lenin Trotsky supporters here

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    8 hours ago

    Kind of a loaded question to include the word “all” but I understand the lack of faith or respect for the USA right about now.

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    He did great things.

    The problem is that he only did them for people he liked. And he did TERRIBLE things to the people he didn’t like.

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      Skip to the part where the he knew he was going to lose. He gave jack shit about" his" people. He didn’t even care in 42 when the German army was surrounded in Stalingrad. No he thought only about himself and how to become a god and emperor. In fact he hated people in general. He had more love for his dog than an average person.

      I would not be suprise if Herr Trumpf will have the same ideals. These could be the start of dark times for humanity. And I hope I am wrong.

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        education, housing, infrastructure, healthcare, etc. Again, only for people that he considered worthy.

        I’m Jewish BTW. I don’t support Hitler. But you’d have to be ignorant of history not to realize that he did great things for so-called “aryans”.

        Its important to remember as we see the rise of fascism in many countries right now. We need social programs that benefit all people, not just what your local authoritarian claims to be the “right” citizens

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          I’m not sure how true that is in terms of housing, healthcare, etc. Do you have any sources?

          He did claim to have ended the Great Depression in Germany. While people have pointed to projects like the Autobahn, these projects only had a modest effect on unemployment.

          What really brought down unemployment was massive deficit spending on expanding the army / rearmament and combined with conscription.

          In addition, women, Jews, etc. were forced out of the workforce.

          The problem was this was unsustainable. Nazi Germany began WW2 with a debt to GDP ratio greater than what the USA ended the war with.

          It narrowly avoided a balance of payments crisis in 1934.

          If it hadn’t invaded much of Europe and looted it’s wealth, the economy would have collapsed.

          Source: Wages of Destruction: The making and breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze.

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            You’re talking about the economy. I didn’t say anything about the economy. I’m talking about social services

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    9 hours ago

    Obviously, Hitler even gave credit to Jim Crow policies as being an inspiration for his generic policies.

    The dixiecrats aren’t ashamed of that, game recognizes game.

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      7 hours ago

      Reminds me of this great street art I saw posted at some point. Can’t find the source though.

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    He lost the war, and died committing suicide in a bunker as his capital city was under siege being demolished.

    Seems like we could just focus on those facts to show how going like Hitler ends up.