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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by AlexandrB on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:36AM (#42951029)
> To be clear, that's predicated on assumption things are fundamentally different here and now from Germany in the 1930s.

It's hard to take stuff like this seriously. Even if you're worried about fascism specifically, why Germany in the 1930s and not Italy in the 1920s? The latter seems more relevant to the present moment. I think the reason is that the German Nazis are the bad guys of history and these kinds of comparisons have less to do with historical parallels but more with Godwin's Law.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by jcgrillo on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:10PM (#42953529)
The economic conditions that were present in both Italy and Germany in the inter war years just aren't present here and now. That's why I think there's a chance we can avoid fascism. Or maybe I'm wrong. We'll find out!
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