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[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 71 points 1 week ago

They were always here.

I escaped from the south to the coasts, but I always tried to warn people how vile the worst of us were.

Nobody coukd believe it, but remember, Hitler wrote about the south as the model for Germany in mein kampf, and the nazis copied the Nuremberg Laws from Jim crow almost verbatim.

[-] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

The also took inspiration from the Catholic Church and the inquisition. The Church did ethnic cleansing long bef the Nazis.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

The also took inspiration from the Catholic Church

Not just inspiration but also direct material support.

[-] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The pope at that time looked the other way.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Depends on which pope you are talking about. One of them got allied planes in his sights to get shot down.

[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Nazi legal theorists saw the U.S. as a “pioneer” in racist legislation.

James Q. Whitman, in his book "Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law",

[-] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I believe they got some of their ideas from American eugenicists.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago

Wherever there is a state, there is fascism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

[-] KMAMURI@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago
[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

I've lived in much of the country, and I'm not white.

There is racism everywhere.

But the South is like going from Lebanon to the deepest reaches of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

They're monsters, and proud of it.

this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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