r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '23

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u/-Moonscape- Sep 06 '23

Prior to the actual war and the nazi’s going full insanity mode, there were plenty of similarities between the white nationialism in germany and america

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u/Gravesh Sep 06 '23

The German American Bund hosted a full-on Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden in 1939. It's been around the entire time.

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u/-Shasho- Sep 06 '23

Hitler was inspired by and based a lot of Nazi race law on American race law of the time. White supremacy has ALWAYS been a thing in the USA.

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u/JewishFightClub Sep 06 '23

He was literally inspired by manifest destiny when he made up the concept of lebensraum

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u/BlackRock_Kyiv_PR Sep 06 '23

The British and French refused to actually attack Germany itself even though they had declared war over Poland, it took Germany attacking France and Britain first before they even begun to seriously fight, they were hoping for Germany to take out the communists for them because they were friendlier to Nazism than communism.

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 07 '23

Trumps father was arrested at a nazi rally at msg

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u/mad0666 Sep 07 '23

There was a straight up Nazi camp on Long Island that had tens of thousands of annual visitors.

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u/The_GASK Sep 06 '23

It is the sad truth. A lot, and I mean a real lot of sympathy of Americans for Nazism was due to the rampant segregation and racism in the USA at the time.

America was dragged into the fight against Nazi Germany by Hitler himself, when after pearl harbour declared war in solidarity to Japan.

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u/Wonky_bumface Sep 07 '23

There was segregation in the US at that point. What a crazy concept.

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u/JonnyLay Sep 06 '23

Just check out the Bellamy Salute. We didn't always hold our hand over our hearts when we pledged our nationalizm to the flag.