r/BeAmazed • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Oct 30 '25

History The words of a true soldier

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u/tknames Oct 30 '25

Labels or not, he fought against the same beliefs that are surging now in right wing circles. Those who fail to understand and know history are doomed to repeat it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

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u/The_Artist_Who_Mines Oct 30 '25

Of course, separating fascism and WW2 conceptually is very important if you want to bring back fascism without all the problematic baggage of Hitler and the holocaust.

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u/hansvonhinten Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

Search for an american highschool history book and read the WW2 chapter, its insane. They skip all the important political buildup before the war…

Here. No mention of propaganda and the systems the nazis used to take over the gouvernment and the minds of the people.

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u/Busy_Onion_3411 Oct 31 '25

Mate the only reason most people stood up to Germany is because they stepped over the border. Hitler would've been allowed to be as much of a psychopath as he wanted, if he stayed in his own country.

Are there people who didn't mind fighting once they heard about what he was doing? Yeah, probably. But military was compulsory back then; you didn't have a choice. Saying that people obviously disagreed with Hitler's cause outside of blowing up their houses, because they didn't risk imprisonment, execution, etc to abandon their post, is just milking the dead for your own agenda. And frankly, that's sickening.

I don't think that's all a bad thing, either, that they only got involved when it started directly affecting them. You and I could both get a plane ride to Ukraine right now, and throw ourselves into the meat grinder that is Russia's assault. But here we are, posting on Reddit. Why? Because it's not worth it, because it doesn't affect us. At least not to the extent for it to be worth fighting for.

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u/Rokee44 Oct 31 '25

antifa isn't a meme bud. Magats and right wing media are doing their darnedest to make it so, and the ignorant echoing their cries surely ingrain it... but to the vast majority it just means what its a short form for; Anti-Fascist. no more, no less.

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u/knuppi Oct 31 '25

Try opening a history book and you'll see that it never was a "meme"

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u/CosyRainyDaze Nov 01 '25

The English word antifa is a loanword from the German Antifa, where it is a shortened form of the word antifaschistisch ("anti-fascist") and a nickname of Antifaschistische Aktion (1932–1933), a short-lived group which inspired the wider antifa movement in Germany.

It’s not a meme.

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u/CosyRainyDaze Nov 01 '25

Read the last sentence again.

which inspired the wider antifa movement in Germany.

Which then spread globally.

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u/_mooc_ Oct 31 '25

So….they fought Germany because it was doing fascist things? Ergo: their motivation was anti fascism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

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u/_mooc_ Oct 31 '25

And Germany showed imperialistic aggression because the regime was? Come on, I’m sure you can piece this puzzle together!

(I’ll give you a clue: the answer is something the German nazi regime shared with most of its allies.)

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u/Halomaestro Oct 31 '25

People don't charge with no weapons just because their officer told them to, nor do they hold untenable positions with no hope of victory. I think there is a lot of history you have missed

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u/Halomaestro Nov 04 '25

I was referring to NZ soldiers charging without weapons, they had a choice. In the face of fear there are those who capitulate and those who say no. Defeating fascist regimes was certainly the motivation, it rallied all of Britain to stand alone against the might of the third Reich, and yeah, the Americans didn't join to stop it, but they certainly did not 'not care' when more was discovered about what was going on, nor did they disengage when victory was guarenteed. Looking at history from such a hopeless perspective gives you very certain conclusions because it paints so many under one colour and we are actually talking about real people, in a real moment in time, who had thoughts and decisions of their own.

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u/Jazzspasm Oct 31 '25

Nuance, thoughtfulness and ideas are not welcome here - stop having independent thought and just agree with everyone else - comform

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u/nellion91 Oct 30 '25

Where are the disappeared non deported but arrested people?

Do you know? Do you care? Who is holding the Republican Party accountable?

Do you think the final solution started off with millions of disappeared?

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u/ThatRangerDave Oct 30 '25

It took the nazis years before they started mass extermination. They started with deportations and crowding people into ghettos. The fact you either don't know this or choose to ignore that basic fact of history is... well concerning to say the least

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u/RidethatTide Oct 30 '25

There’s no way that would happen now in the US. I’m sorry you are soo scared of unrealistic what-if’s, that’s no way to live life

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u/M4V3r1CK1980 Oct 30 '25

!Update me 2 years.

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u/Cjmate22 Oct 30 '25

“Theres no way they’ll overturn roe V wade”

“There’s no way Trump would win a second term”

“There’s no way you could just be arrested and deported without trial”

Sorry bud, there’s been alotta “things that could never happen” going on.

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u/GlompyOlive Oct 30 '25

Good fuck this dude. He can’t see the writing on the wall since it doesn’t affect him.

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u/knuppi Oct 31 '25

Put me in the screenshot!

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u/Kiriko7 Oct 30 '25

Genuine question When would you actually start getting concerned it could happen in the US????

What action could the trump administration do that would make you believe theyre trying to do it?

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u/Shotgun5250 Oct 30 '25

Your ignorance of the problem doesn’t stop the people working towards their goal of absolute power. The fascists were beaten in WW2, but their cancerous ideology is still very much alive 80 years later. Pretending it isn’t is exactly what those people want from you.

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u/firebackslash Oct 30 '25

That mentality is exactly what will allow it to happen in the US. Complicity through complacency.

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u/The_Laughing_Man_82 Oct 30 '25

Not yet. They've started disappearing people all over the country. You may wanna study up on the slide into fascism that took place in Germany. Bears striking similarities to what Trump is doing now. Hell, Just look into the 14 characteristics of fascism and do a point to point comparison with the current republican party.

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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 Oct 30 '25

They’re referring to the early stages.

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u/Upset-Produce-3948 Oct 30 '25

Two words: Alligator Alcatraz.

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u/firebackslash Oct 30 '25

There is a lot more to what the Nazi's did beyond just the holocaust. There was a lot that led up to them gaining power

Don't be a sucker

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u/Satirebutinasadway Oct 30 '25

Oh man. You are either ignorant or trolling.

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u/it_diedinhermouth Oct 30 '25

Don’t call maga republicans. Don’t think trump represents the republican electorate. Trump cheated his ass into that throne. Maga is not republican and not conservative.

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u/whoswipedmyname Oct 30 '25

Shouting into the stink wind, I'm afraid. My Grandpa fought actual Nazis in WW2 and would think these anfifa people as straight up punks.

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u/nomatt18 Oct 30 '25

What do you think antifa is? And don’t tell me what Fox News tells you it is.

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u/JamesTrickington303 Oct 31 '25

Your grandpa would probably set your ass straight if you dared to say this shit to him.

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u/HofT Oct 30 '25

It's not the same beliefs as the Nazis. You're doing the same thing as right-wing pundits do when they say the left wing is becoming communist. It's all hyperbolic statements.

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u/tknames Oct 31 '25

Watch the video below on the stages of how revolution occur. I’m simply saying that the right is supporting the oligarchs, the government is corrupt for the affluent and corporations, and that grabbing people off streets with no due process all fall into line.

https://youtu.be/75W1EmjxaKI

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u/HofT Oct 31 '25

Just want to point out that those revolutions all led to actual dictatorships and more restrictive societies.

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u/tknames Oct 31 '25

Yeah, that’s the scary shit. I got kids and am terrified of what happens in their lifetime. France eventually ended up ok, but the rest is still run by autocratic dictators. I don’t want that here, which is why congress ceding their power to a strongman is particularly unhealthy. We can see his facist behavior fairly clearly. The good news is there doesn’t seem to be a super charismatic person behind Trump.