It’s not only well documented that the American treatment of Black and Indigenous people directly inspired Hitler, but also, segregation and Jim Crow (both direct inspiration) in the US ended over 20 years after the holocaust, and slavery is still legal in the form of the prison industrial complex, which is a white supremacist institution that disproportionately harms already marginalised populations.
I am a decedent of holocaust survivors, this isn’t to make light of it, it’s a statement on just how bad the US is.
E: it’s late and I didn’t notice that queermunist had basically said the same until after I replied, but I’m leaving it, because the point is worth making again.
Who do you think Hitler took inspiration from?
It’s not only well documented that the American treatment of Black and Indigenous people directly inspired Hitler, but also, segregation and Jim Crow (both direct inspiration) in the US ended over 20 years after the holocaust, and slavery is still legal in the form of the prison industrial complex, which is a white supremacist institution that disproportionately harms already marginalised populations.
I am a decedent of holocaust survivors, this isn’t to make light of it, it’s a statement on just how bad the US is.
E: it’s late and I didn’t notice that queermunist had basically said the same until after I replied, but I’m leaving it, because the point is worth making again.