• t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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        6 months ago

        Why would current fascists write a book paralleling Hitler’s rise to power about their own successful rise to power?

        • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
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          6 months ago

          I am legit confused. In order to have a book written about a rise to power, one has to have risen to power. So to suggest that the only way to have a book written about a rise to power of american fascists is if “we win”, is to suggest “we” are the fascists. Like, it seemed like a wild comment, but maybe they meant only if non-fascists win because otherwise they would not allow the book to be written

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            I’m not speaking for them, but I’m thinking they meant that Hitler won the battle for power, but the Allies won the war. The book would look a lot different if Hitler won the war. In this context, “we” are the allies.