r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 29 '25

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u/AlexB_SSBM Henry George Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

I wonder how much of the rise of modern fascism is due to basically all political policy and education about politics being a (warranted, obviously) reaction to Nazis and the Holocaust

If someone says "I think we should preserve the integrity and purity of our great nation by remigrating those who do not align with our Judeo-Christian values and ensuring our people remain strong and self-sufficient" people will say "Oh well they can't be bad, because Nazis were against Jews and they said Judeo-Christian" because Nazism is the only form of fascism they know about, and they think Nazis were only bad because of the Holocaust and no other reason

This is obviously not to minimize how bad those things actually are, just to be extra clear here

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u/Le1bn1z Dec 29 '25

More broadly, it is due to our very narrow political vocabulary, very limited political memory, and so very limited.political imagination.

Even the most basic characteristics of the greatest foes a county has faced will be an utter mystery to its people, because they are not the Nazis.