Idk if this was intentional or not , he has got a cult following in the nation right now !

  • chilemango [they/them, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    doesn't really matter how intentional it was when you are this guy (article from 2004)

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-Modis-Gujarat-Hitler-is-a-textbook-hero/articleshow/868469.cms

    AHMEDABAD: Gandhi is not so great, but Hitler is. Welcome to high school education in Narendra Modi''s Gujarat, where authors of social studies textbooks published by the Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks have found faults with the freedom movement and glorified Fascism and Nazism.

    While a Class VIII student is taught ''negative aspects'' of Gandhi''s non-cooperation movement, the Class X social studies textbook has chapters on ''Hitler, the Supremo'' and ''Internal Achievements of Nazism''. The Class X book presents a frighteningly uncritical picture of Fascism and Nazism. The strong national pride that both these phenomena generated, the efficiency in the bureaucracy and the administration and other ''achievements'' are detailed, but pogroms against Jews and atrocities against trade unionists, migrant labourers, and any section of people who did not fit into Mussolini or Hitler''s definition of rightful citizen don''t find any mention." They committed the gruesome and inhuman act of suffocating 60 lakh Jews in gas chambers" is all the book, authored by a panel, mentions of the holocaust. The section on ''Ideology of Nazism'' reads: "Hitler lent dignity and prestige to the German government within a short time by establishing a strong administrative set up. He created the vast state of Greater Germany. He adopted the policy of opposition towards the Jewish people and advocated the supremacy of the German race. He adopted a new economic policy and brought prosperity to Germany. He began efforts for the eradication of unemployment. He started constructing public buildings, providing irrigation facilities, building railways, roads and production of war materials. He made untiring efforts to make Germany self-reliant within one decade. Hitler discarded the Treaty of Versailles by calling it just ''a piece of paper'' and stopped paying the war penalty. He instilled the spirit of adventure in the common people".

    A few classes junior, students in Gandhi''s home state read that the Bapu really may have been overrated. In the chapter on ''Gandhian Era and National Movement'', there''s a section sub-headlined ''The Negative Aspect''.

    • jungekatz [comrade/them, undecided]
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      Tbh not surprised at all , the parent organisation of modi , the RSS is all for hyper nationalism , they at times praise hitler openly !

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      11 months ago

      the efficiency in the bureaucracy and the administration and other ''achievements'' are detailed

      Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool yeah the Reich was definitely not a farcical bureaucratic clusterfuck

      brought prosperity to Germany

      Woah. Terminal Wehraboo brainworms. Tragic.

      He instilled the spirit of adventure in the common people

      Technically true. That is a core thing in fascism. And that spirit of adventure lead them to fertilize the fields of Eastern Europe.

      • jungekatz [comrade/them, undecided]
        hexagon
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        11 months ago

        In india its all about hating each other that gives thrill to the common people it seems ! They be like there are immigrants among us , that we cannot see , so lets bring a bill and send those immgrants to concentration camps , since india does not give citizenship by birth since 1986 , they may force millions ( whoever they dont like , minorities , muslims , tribals ) to declare themselves immigrant and apply for citizenship by naturalization. Take away their voting rights and properties held by them ( that way the govt can capture tribal land). The sad part is they are already working on that !