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Originally Posted by Rumcajs
The Germans != The Nazis
You really need to distinguish between the two groups. It's very easy to make disturbing statements if you don't.
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absolutely. Germany happened to be the place where the movement started, but Nazi sympathisers were present everywhere: Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Turkey..
Again, it's important to pay attention to semantics: "Nazi" doesn't equal "Evil" (well at least not technically!), it was the identification of a political movement based on national-socialism, which is the father of modern Germany politics. And when it comes to politics, I can't think of a country more efficient than Germany (considered its size and economic relevance).
"OMG is he saying that Nazis were efficient?!?" No, I'm saying that there are different political models out there that, if no crazy dictators get on top, can be better than our political models. Dictatorships are the evil aspect of politics: Stalin's dictatorship was way more bloody and insane than Hitler's, but he didn't go down history books as the disgusting monster that he was because he happened to play with the good guys when it was needed..
"Socialism" is considered to be a bad thing as much as "Communism" in the USA, but again it's a demonisation that was caused by the war and politicians.. gosh this is a long concept and it's OT.. PM if you wanna talk about it.
04-10-2012, 02:42 PM
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