• fluxion@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Imagine a species surviving world war 2 and the Holocaust then still being pro-nazi. So fucking stupid.

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      1 year ago

      A bad economy and uncertain future make people very afraid. It’s tempting to stick your head in the sand, blame all your problems on a specific demographic, then trust dear leader will punish the people that made you scared.

      It’s completely divorced from reality, but reality sucks right now. People are scared. They’re taking the blue pill to feel better and pretend the horror all around them isn’t happening. They won’t max out their credit cards and become homeless. Dear Leader will fix things before that happens.

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        If this were a recent phenomenon, I would agree with you. But western fascism didn’t go away when the good times were rolling. It may have been quieter until recently, but these aren’t just scared imbeciles struggling through 21st century inequality.

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        1 year ago

        I dunno, when I get worried about stability the last thing I want to do is start attacking other people and creating even more enemies. I get that it’s not so simple and not so instantaneous a choice, but still.

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      It’s not like antisemitism prevented people from supporting the NSDAP (in many cases the opposite). Sure, when they were elected they didn’t know what to do with Jews yet, but antisemitism was one of the pillars of their philosophy (if the people are unhappy you have to take responsibility or simply point at someone and say “they are responsible, it’s their fault”) and antisemitism has existed since forever. (Of course there were not only Jews in concentration camps but they were initially made for them).

      And sadly antisemitism still exists today in many areas of the world.

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      Its horrifying when you look at the election results in Germany how many are voting for the so called Afd.

      They are all fascists directly from the book and a leader of a county party of the AfD. He regularly uses Methpors from the NS Regime. You can call him a fascist on the street without it being as that is a fact according to a court.

      And still, they got 10% in the last generall election 2021.

  • puppy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Weird it says “paused” and not “terminated”. I think there’s something wrong with my glasses, am I seeing it correctly?

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s kind of like how politicians “pause” their political campaigns when they concede. Technically they could come back to it, but almost certainly won’t.

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    1 year ago

    I’m sure this is a given reason.

    I can’t help think posting ads on a platform owned by the head of a rival car company just as that company is tanking out and desperately flailing around to improve sales might be inadvisable for a whole host of reasons, though.

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      1 year ago

      Yes paused long enough to post their complaint.

      I expect they will increase the number of ads when they resume.

  • Swordgeek@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Where were they a year ago?

    Seems like they only care about sharing the stage with Nazis when it might hurt them.