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[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 72 points 2 months 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 23 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

The also took inspiration from the Catholic Church

Not just inspiration but also direct material support.

[-] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The pope at that time looked the other way.

[-] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Wherever there is a state, there is fascism.

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

[-] KMAMURI@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago
[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months 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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