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Political unity (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (8 children)

To place Russian communism and Nazi-fascism on the same moral plane, in that both would be totalitarian, is superficial at best, fascism at worst. Whoever insists on this equation may well consider himself a democrat, in truth and in the bottom of his heart he is in fact already a fascist, and certainly only in a hypocritical and insincere way will he fight fascism, while reserving all his hatred for communism.

Thomas Mann

[–] [email protected] 59 points 8 months ago

NO U

Stunning. Incredible take.

Also they said fascism, not nazi-fascism. Tankies aren't nazis. They excuse completely different genocides than the holocaust.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago

Russia is an oligarchy, not a communist state. Where have you been since the 1990s?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They said tankies, not Russian communism.

Everybody knows russian communism is marginally better than fascism, except those who survived it and fascistly say it's as bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

There's no such thing as Russian communism. They never were communist and never will be communist. They liked the word communist. Or at least saying it a lot. They liked also pretend that it was their aspiration to become communist. But no Marxist leninist government has ever or will ever achieve communism. But they will ruin its name with their hypocritical Behavior.

There is a difference between a fascist and a Marxist leninist. But they are both authoritarian. So it isn't massive. And if you cross the end group in either one your life is forfeit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's true because Thomas said it?

Edit: Nice downvotes but I would actually like to know his reasoning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Then read Listen Germany!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Poignant, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The real nazis were the friends we made along the way.