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I actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, but what did he even mean by "socialism" here? I get call what was happening in Russia not socialism, but what was the un-Marxist form of socialism Hitler was talking about? Also, wasn't Marx also German, did Hitler see him as not a "real german"?

[–] jagot@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marx was famously also Jewish.

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, yeah, that'll do it.

[–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didn't mean anything at all. That was the brilliance of the Nazi propaganda machine. They stole words that referred to popular things and said them enough times in relation to themselves that they lost all meaning.

Its exactly the same as how the modern day right wing say anything that supports them is "patriotic" and anything that doesn't is "anti-[country]". If they say the word "patriotic" enough times, it loses all meaning & makes it impossible for opponents to argue against, because you can't have a rational debate when language is meaningless.

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, oh.. why did I expect the answer to not be kinda scary...

[–] maxcorbetti@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

He's opportunistcally envokning it as socialism is popular, but cares for nothing other than the political clout the label may bring.

Fascism exists to capture popular revolutionary sentiment, while preserving the old power structure.