Oh yes, I agree. Individuals who harbor or may harbor fascist or imperialistic thoughts should be "reeducated". Preferably in good ol' Soviet gulags. Or a' la Mao's cultural revolution. Or simply in "intelligentsia reeducation camps" like they had in Cambodia, very peaceful and successful.masterborn12 说:
Y'know, it was the time of Great Depression. Ever heard of the New Deal? Of the Tennessee Valley Fund? Hoover Dam? Other acts and funds that brought by FDR? Were people of Nevada desperate for a electrical dam and that's why they built it? Nope, unemployment was raging so the government has decided to get people to work by building roads, dams, schools, whatevah. Sure, it's nice to have them all right. But the idea was to build anything, so that unemployment levels would drop.MrMundy 说:
Hitler was an authoritarian socialist, so having multiple trade unions did not sit well with him. He did however install several governmental projects to support the traditional ideas such as athleticism (Hitler's Youth), motherhood (Kirche etc.), building infrastructure to provide work for masses (Reich Autobahn). Hitler also supported the idea of killing those who did contribute to the state (not what your conventional socialist would have done, but certainly fitting into the idea of collectivism and lack of individual rights), indoctrination in school, once again, praise of collectivism over individualism. I'm not saying that socialists (well some are, but they're usually nuts) advocate things like that today, but I'd say this is not a typical democratic government.Bluehawk 说:
Just because it's not fascists doesn't mean it's not communist. If I'm not black, I must be Asian!MrMundy 说:
jacobhinds 说:
I wouldn't say it was meaningless. Nazi government had very strong socialist accents in it. VERY strong. I'd say it was socialist in nature. State controlled most of the means of production. State funded the strong youth, state funded the motherhood, giant state-funded projects, teh Reich Autobahn. Does it seem like a democratic, capitalist government to y'all?Bluehawk 说:
Facebook can't figure out my ****, so I get a pretty balanced feed- my friends mostly post anti-Trump stuff, some are staunch BLM supporters, while pages with memes, like Polandball, usually give me far-right content. So basically I see posts like "10 reasons why Trump is mentally sick" under "10 reasons why Hillary is legit carrying the Plague". But my point is, you don't see many Trump haters here, because a typical Warband player leans rather to the authoritarian spectrum.jacobhinds 说:
Fry and Laurie #2016AelleCyning 说:
Just making sure no one will interpret it that way, it is the way I refer to it as well.Gestricius 说:
Now, I did not refer to particular cultures. In most of Central and Eastern Europe communism was enforced and brought along with the Soviet tanks, so the idea of communism did not sit well with the people. Paradoxically, as the state came to control every private and public matter, the only people you could safely interact with were your friends and close family, so it's not a surprise that many things might feel more individualist in the former Soviet block than in the West (close family and friends fall into the individualist category- it's not just you who you care about, its your family and people that you selflessly like). In the West, you can be friendly with him, because you know he won't report you to the state police for your political views. In Communism, collaboration was common, so obviously being friendly was somewhat suicidal.kurczak 说:
As I said earlier, family=individualist.jacobhinds 说: