• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    “If you’re a political movement and you want to get supporters at a time when socialism is attracting more and more interest, well, you might be tempted to grab hold at least of the name,” Wolff said, noting that this was a strategy most famously used by Adolf Hitler during his rise to power.

    Yeah. That’s why they called themselves National “Socialists”. To suck up ignorant working class votes. I mean, they are even openly admitting following the same strategy now and everybody is still sleeping…WTF.

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      I don’t want to believe this but given the way things keep developing in this saga I bet it fucking works