The “best” part about the “Hitler hypnotized us” narrative promoted by the krauts in their bloviating, soporific lectures is how it presents a completely counterfactual history devoid of the violent opposition to and clashes with fascists that characterized the Weimar Republic, all in order to pretend grandpappy didn’t deserve to be blown to a million pieces because everyone supported the Nazis and nobody knew right from wrong and morality wasn’t invented until 1945. Once upon a time I thought maybe there was some element of sincerity in German repentance culture, but no - it’s all self-serving, self-absorbed, self-flattering, self-interested, self- this and that; self-centered hagiographic self-praise that treats their unspeakable crimes as elite status cards to trot out.

These fucking krauts just can’t shut the fuck up about how they have some specialized knowledge of fascism because they’re krauts. Were you there? Were you around during the Nazi era? No? Then I fail to see how you know anything more or have any more expertise on the matter than Joe Pissmonger from Montana. Maybe if you picked up a fucking book sometime instead of insisting that being a kraut gives you special privilege to speak with no prior investigation.

But apparently Teutonic blood gives you divine insight into how fascism works. Looks like they haven’t moved past their Nazi genetic woo after all.

“I’m a German and I’m here to teach you how to avoid fascism by supporting the status quo” how about you deal with your own rapidly Nazifying shithole American province before lecturing others.

Be grateful the very idea of “Germany” wasn’t razed to the ground and scattered to the wind after your dear leader escorted himself off the premises.

  • VILenin [he/him]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    IIRC Hitler also had a little postage stamp kickback scheme going on.

    • Vncredleader [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Yeah Hindenburg mocked him over it. Saying he would make him postmaster so he can lick stamps with his face on them. Essentially Hitler licensed his face so every stamp with him on it that was used would give him proceeds

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      He also had a grift going where the German state bought copies of Mein Kampf for all newlyweds. Not only did it provide couples with some light romantic reading on their honeymoon, it also earned Hitler a shitload of royalties. When he did the one good thing he ever did, he was the richest man in Germany.

      • VILenin [he/him]
        hexagon
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        5 months ago

        Hitler also constantly promoted infrastructure vaporware and everything that did get built was totally dysfunctional. Starting to think he was actually a time traveling Elon Musk