I turned on NPR on my car radio on Saturday and listened to a show called It's Been a Minute. They were talking about how the 2024 election was a repeat of the 2020 election and what that says about the culture. I couldn't believe how glib their comments were. In addition to the anodyne content of the discussion, the tone and demeanor of the panelists made it all seem like a mildly odd situation that is not especially threatening- just as the Refuse Fascism podcast points out.
I think you hit it pretty well in the 7th paragraph there. People forget what a hotbed of Socialism post WW1 Germany was, and how terrified the governing elites in the West were of it. Indeed, socialist mutinies and strikes are what finally ended the war for Germany, and it was not a clear issue that what happened in Russia wouldn't happen in Germany too.
So 'Appeasement' also happened to align with the interest of crushing the Reds. And Hitler sure did within Germany.
I wait with bated breath for your strategy.
I turned on NPR on my car radio on Saturday and listened to a show called It's Been a Minute. They were talking about how the 2024 election was a repeat of the 2020 election and what that says about the culture. I couldn't believe how glib their comments were. In addition to the anodyne content of the discussion, the tone and demeanor of the panelists made it all seem like a mildly odd situation that is not especially threatening- just as the Refuse Fascism podcast points out.
Nothing less than 'sanctions' (aka general strike) for a cease fire will get things going today.
I think you hit it pretty well in the 7th paragraph there. People forget what a hotbed of Socialism post WW1 Germany was, and how terrified the governing elites in the West were of it. Indeed, socialist mutinies and strikes are what finally ended the war for Germany, and it was not a clear issue that what happened in Russia wouldn't happen in Germany too.
So 'Appeasement' also happened to align with the interest of crushing the Reds. And Hitler sure did within Germany.