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In reply to the discussion: My parents grew up in Nazi Germany. [View all]orthoclad
(4,728 posts)55. The whole "leave it to the states"
was the Confederacy's motto. And the late 60s National States Rights Party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_States%27_Rights_Party
Founded in 1958 in Knoxville, Tennessee, by Edward Reed Fields, a 26-year-old chiropractor and supporter of J. B. Stoner, the party was based on antisemitism, racism and opposition to racial integration with African Americans.[2] Party officials argued for states' rights against the advance of the civil rights movement, and the organization itself established relations with the Ku Klux Klan and Minutemen.[3] Although a white supremacist movement,[4] its messaging was never openly neo-Nazi in the way that its successors in the American Nazi Party were.[5]
The rich have learned to work up from the bottom: school boards, state legislatures, etc. It's easier to corrupt the smaller offices. Remember that Republicans gained 1000 seats in local elections under Obama. They took advantage of fear, rage, and racism.
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Southerners like me know full well that the poor treatment of others never has been
allegorical oracle
Oct 2024
#78
I was struck by an account from a Russian soldier marching on Berlin through Germany
Shermann
Oct 2024
#2
The Nazis wanted /lebensraum/ -- "living room" -- in order to grow and expand their society.
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2024
#61
" I find history so fascinating.".. Same here. When I was a kid to keep myself amused I would read the encyclopedia
mitch96
Oct 2024
#64
This is why if Harris wins and there is indeed a "blue wave" its is not so much a victory
hadEnuf
Oct 2024
#56
My best friend's Mom grew up in Nazi Germany. Wonderful lady and loved kids. She was a war bride that came
mitch96
Oct 2024
#15
"She passed away earlier this year at age 95, feisty until the end!". My Friends Mom died last year at 92
mitch96
Oct 2024
#83
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JohnSJ
Oct 2024
#21
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William Seger
Oct 2024
#27
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Oct 2024
#51
I was given a free copy of a biography of Morgenthau, FDR's advisor, at an event at the FDR historical site.
NNadir
Oct 2024
#42
I know I've looked at, and contemplated reading Berlin Diary, but didn't and probably never will.
NNadir
Oct 2024
#68
I am mostly familiar with Ludendorff for his beer hall adventures with Hitler; your description validates his...
NNadir
Oct 2024
#104
"..we need as a society to explore seriously how and why we've come so close to the abyss." Well said.
paleotn
Oct 2024
#62
The U.S.A.'s legacy of slavery, brutal conquest, and genocide gave us the privileges we enjoy today.
Pinback
Oct 2024
#112
"Granted, we haven't come close to the sort of madness and horror and sadism of Germany 1933 to 1945."
BumRushDaShow
Oct 2024
#113