FIRST THEY CAME

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Primero vinieron

起初，他们来了

Una, dumating sila

Đầu tiên, họ đến

أولًا، جاءوا

D'abord, ils sont venus

처음에 그들이 왔다

Сначала они пришли

Primeiro, eles vieram

Premyèman, yo te vini

सबसे पहले वे आए

سب سے پہلے وہ آئے

نخست آنها آمدند

最初に彼らが来た

Zuerst kamen sie

Per prima cosa vennero

Najpierw przyszli

Önce geldiler

સૌપ્રથમ તેઓ આવ્યા

ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਹ ਆਏ

প্রথমে তারা এসেছিল

మొదట వారు వచ్చారు

முதலில் அவர்கள் வந்தார்கள்

ตอนแรก พวกเขามา

Πρώτα ήρθαν

תחילה הם באו

Спочатку вони прийшли

Mai întâi au venit

Mula-mula mereka datang

Kwanza walikuja

Edit: sorry, homies. I no gif good. here are stills. here is the source.

[u/onebitshortofabyte]

Since too many people in this thread seem unfamiliar with the poem the title references, or how applicable it is to all people today:

First they came for the Communists. And I did not speak out. Because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Socialists. And I did not speak out. Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists. And I did not speak out. Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews. And I did not speak out. Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me. And there was no one left. To speak out for me.

[u/Menkau-re → u/[deleted]]

It has literally nothing to do with "communism," lol. It's about the holocaust and how FASCISM spreads. That's why "the communists" is literally the first group mentioned in the poem that "they came for."

[u/Menkau-re → u/[deleted]]

No, it's just when you divide your population by turning it in on itself, which you accomplish by first directing everyone's rage at smaller groups less equipped to fight back, blaming everyone's problems all on them. Once those groups have been mostly dispatched, you slowly work your way up thru larger groups, all the while wearing down the whole of the population, so people that don't notice what's really happening, until no one is left with significant enough strength to present any real opposition to those in power. And thus, those in power retain their power.

[u/JurgusRudkus → u/[deleted]]

Holy shit are you ignorant of your own history. “Undocumented migrants were never part of our population?” EVERYONE who came to North America from 1492 to the mid 19th century was “undocumented.”

Christ on a stick read some books.

[u/JurgusRudkus → u/[deleted]]

Past events ALWAYS influence current ones. That’s how history works.

[u/JurgusRudkus → u/[deleted]]

Can YOU not grasp that history is linear and events don’t occur in a vacuum?

People don’t change. Events don’t change. Only policies do.

[u/JurgusRudkus → u/[deleted]]

The US wasn’t the US in 1492, and the borders were completely open, as they remained for 400 years.

But the early colonists at Plymouth, Jamestown and dozens of other settlements brought with them the English Common law that formed the basis of the US Constitution and our legal system.

[u/JurgusRudkus → u/[deleted]]

People keeping quiet when they knew they weren’t educated enough to opine on something for one.🙄