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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNazis weren't just in Germany or Europe. They were here and very much still are here.
Features like this one, which detail American history, including the ugly parts of it, are why Trump and Republicans defunded PBS (and what does that tell us about them?). And it's why I contribute money to PBS every month.
Recommended companion reading: The Nazi Hydra in America
""This is a valuable history of the relationship between big business in the United States and European fascism, before, during, and after the second World War." -Howard Zinn
JustAnotherGen
(38,230 posts)Ran the bastards out. The KKK predecessor in 1923.
Raine1967
(11,705 posts)I would love to see the names of all the members of the German American Bundts. I believe I may have had family members who participated.
no_hypocrisy
(55,833 posts)In 1979, I was taken to the middle of German woods for "Jaegerfest". On the surface, it looked like a picnic with roasted meat, bread, and of course, beer.
And the German Jaegers (Royal Huntsmen) started singing Hitler Fight Songs with gusto.
Then in 1989, again, I was Germany at a private home. I was taken downstairs to the cellar. There in a glass case was Hitler paraphernalia: belt buckles, small daggers, medals.
There are third generations of Hitler devotees in Germany and they're waiting for support from Trump, the Proud Boys, Steve Bannon, and the like to take over again.
Melon
(1,975 posts)Numbers. True Nazis, kkk, etc are very rare and mostly hide it all as they arent accepted by anyone.
I am a collector of things and Ive seen large collections of war bring backs, including Nazi. The collectors arent nazis nor do they follow it as a party, they are simply collecting because they are history buffs.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,533 posts)CousinIT
(12,929 posts)Elon Musk
Mark Zuckerberg
Jeff Bezos
Rupert Murdoch
Larry Ellison and spawn
Marc Andreesen
Peter Thiel
etc.
etc.
It's still a problem. Moreso now than perhaps ever. Or, here we go again.
Kid Berwyn
(25,617 posts)From the Preface:
Excerpt
In the second chapter it will be shown that how fascism is unique in not requiring a shooting revolution and can arise out of a nature degenerative process of a democratic capitalistic society. Since fascism is a top down movement all that is required is that the elite of that society begin to concentrate their power without regards to the masses. Thus all fascist need do is to corrupt the political and economic processes to begin their march to a totalitarian state. They can do so with spreading forth propaganda to discredit the government the schools, the media, the scientists, the courts and the remainder of the very institutions that have made America great. Once they have created a critical mass of distrust in the public then they are free to begin the process of concentration of power. This is the approach that the hard right and Republican Party has followed since the election of Reagan in 1980. It is a gradual process that can easily be cloaked until it's too late. The purveyors of fascism are free to mask much of the concentration under the banner of capitalism. Such as the consolidation of the media, which is today nothing more than the mouth- piece for corporate America.
Source: The NAZI Hydra in America
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-kRjTPUdAxESumEWq/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Top+down
CousinIT
(12,929 posts)You can read what's happened to America in just that paragraph from the preface of the book. We are in a fascist mess.
canetoad
(21,270 posts)I'll watch that later on. A year or so ago there was another PBS American Experience show called "The Eugenics Crusade" - it's on YouTube and is a frightening video on the movement to - well, apply eugenics nationally in the US.
duckworth969
(1,457 posts)Sobering but informative
kimbutgar
(27,751 posts)Rally in our SF city hall. I found it at a flea market and brought it especially for that picture !
CousinIT
(12,929 posts)...still here but are more visible now because Orange Don gave them a permission structure.
They're not a majority, but they are loud and blood lust ruthless especially with a rabid Dear Leader encouraging them.
I'm noticing that in America, whenever we start hearing about "communists" around every corner, in every crack and crevice, and under every bed, we're simultaneously also seeing a rise in virulent embedded fascism. Somehow, I don't think that's a coincidence.
Kid Berwyn
(25,617 posts)Kid Berwyn
(25,617 posts)Make history stop rhyming: Stamp Out Evil.
CousinIT
(12,929 posts)Kid Berwyn
(25,617 posts)CousinIT
(12,929 posts)BOOKMARKING your link!
Blue Full Moon
(3,826 posts)Brought over to get technical information, should have done what USSR did and not make them into heroes. The NASA site use to have about Von Braun. They sanitized the website and rehabilitated his image.
They brought those Un-American thugs here to help the Un-American Activities Commission. Not to mention the Bush family connections and 2 of them were elected as president.
