Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r...
by watwut on Sunday October 18, 2020 @03:03PM
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There were multiple political murders too. There were fistfights in parlament and screaming. But violence definitely was not just Soviet export. Communists were minority compared to right wing extremists - who started to operate right after WWI.
> But Hitler and his ideology were a product of First World War and not a product of unstable Germany or unstable Europe.
What does this mean? WWI itself was consequence of unstable Europe. Germany was heavily militarized culture even prior WWI. Their imperial ambitions were definitely pre existing.
Hitler tapped into nationalistic, racial and Darwinian trends that already existed.
I know, there was hyperinflation in 1920s and there were violent conflicts and confrontations between right nationalists and left communists. I think huge negative influence was Soviet Union exporting communist revolutions in European countries which eventually escalated to civil war in Spain and almost a civil war in Germany. But Hitler and his ideology were a product of First World War and not a product of unstable Germany or unstable Europe.