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Liberalism vs. Leftism (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] heavy 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You're all equally left as far as the right is concerned.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not really, no.

The Nazis let a liberal party live as "opposition."

The socialists got purged.

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

Eventually everyone not in the party was suspect. The fascists will come for us all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All parties other than the Nazi Party were banned. Wtf are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry, it wasn't phrased well. The Nazis let the members of the Zentrum live and sometimes maintain their positions, partly thanks to their strong ties or leadership roles in the Catholic Church. It wasn't even actually dissolved by the Nazis, unlike their competition, they voluntarily dissolved after losing support and it was afterwards that the Nazis passed the Law Against the Formation of Parties.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for elaborating. That's a much better description of what happened.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, that's just it. You'll get people on the right using hyped rhetoric about "the left", "liberals", "leftists" and other synonyms that can be used to describe anyone from Hillary Clinton to AOC and beyond. Are there people (particularly in the "and beyond" category) that an average person may be concerned with? Sure. Are they clearly explaining that they don't mean half the country? Absolutely not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For the average Republican voter yes. Neo-Nazis and rulers are probably more intelligent though.