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[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Do you think there was a point in nazi Germany during ww2 where people were like oh fuck these guys are Nazis(perjorative)

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nationalism and racism are powerful influences that obviously swayed many, but I believe, like now, there were also some who understood how evil the regime was. But living in a totalitarian police state is dangerous and many are inhibited from doing what they should, which is really the point of a totalitarian police state: to ensure people do what they're told rather than what they should.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean I'm currently so tied up in working to keep the rent paid that I'm not doing shit except talking shit about ice on the internet and putting up stickers

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oppression, in all its forms. Once established, it's not easy to overcome.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you spoke out against the Nazis, you would have ended up in a concentration camp and people knew that. So few actually did something. However you have some interesting statistics, like for example that there was a massive drop of children being named "Adolf" in Germany in 1942.