• usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      he was deranged and not thinking clearly long before he started on amphetamines although they didn't help

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          really it was the background of extreme antisemitism, cultural impact of the eugenics movement and obsession with Prussian militarism if I had to pick three factors

          • please_just_stop [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            The Prussian military industrial complex was wild. Wehraboos fetishise it. Australians fetishise Rommel far too much. More on this another time.

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              I don't think there really were military industrial complexes before ww1 and ww2. Wars back then were considered ruinously expensive and resented by the bourgeoise for their disruption in commodity production. The workers weren't big fans either given all the dying involved but no one cared what they thought

              The British built Rommel up after the war because that makes having beat him seem more impressive. A good general is a general that wins Rommel lost

              • please_just_stop [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                Shall I tell that to his grandson? Not me. A gay guy I used to know. Might be dead now. I last talked to him in 2015. He was abusing cocaine and antipsychotics. Liked guys to shit on his chest.

                • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  who Rommels grandson? I don't like Rommel because he fought for Nazi Germany I don't see why I would want to involve his family. If Rommels grandson is not a Nazi I think that bygones should be bygones

                          • please_just_stop [comrade/them]
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                            2 years ago

                            Why? Because he was eating whole packs of antipsychotics and considering a bilateral cingulotomy and clearly had daddy issues. He was crashing cars and shit. Reminded me of me.

                            I didn't know what I know now back then.

                            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                              2 years ago

                              I'm not sure fighting your dad is necessarily the best way to help your mental health but then I don't know either of your dads

                              • please_just_stop [comrade/them]
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                                2 years ago

                                It's not. What he should actually do is steal his dad's car or something. Maybe crash it or take a shit in it. Better than lobotomising yourself. Not joking.

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                                    2 years ago

                                    Liberal psychiatry's plan for Stefan was to destroy him. Fuck that. I hope he's alive and well. I hope he's still being cool.

                                      • please_just_stop [comrade/them]
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                                        2 years ago

                                        He would make the greatest antifascist since Thälmann. He'd scare the absolute fuck out of any Australian cop. Spiritually Aboriginal. Spiritually Tasmanian in fact.

                                        Tasmanians who move to Melbourne tend to rule. The Bedroom Philosopher is one. I'll post some of his music later.