Did a 1933 Article Report That Hitler Would Not 'Disrupt' Germany?
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Events always seem more obvious and predictable after they have already taken place.

Here’s a copy and paste from the 1933 article:

Rise in Stocks Reflects Confidence He Will Not Disrupt Nation’s Affairs

Berlin is settling down to pass judgment on political developments. Politicians, economists and bankers declare there is usually wide discrepancy between the speeches of opposition politicians and the actions of the group when it gains power.

Consequently, it is not believed that Hitler will accomplish a change in the constitution or that [Reich Minister of Economics Alfred] Hugenberg will bring about a general reduction of interest rates. The government wants to obtain an adjournment of the Reichstag for several months, but it is questionable whether the Centre [Party] will approve of such action.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    We’ve been watching fascists pile into legislatures from Russia to the UK for decades. It’s cute to make everything about Hitler, but this isn’t an event unique to '33.

    • Fearmomgering over migrants
    • Secular violence encouraged by colonial powers
    • Stagnating global economies and bottlenecks in critical resources
    • Anti-colonialism in the third world
    • Those damned Marxists refusing to sit down, shut up, and back the liberal party

    You can find historical parallels in the collapse of Yugoslavia and the Irish Troubles, Modi’s rise in India and the Nixon/Reagan reaction to the US civil rights movement, the military coups in Guatemala and El Salvador, the dictatorships of South Korea and South Vietnam…

    There’s deeper historical roots to Trumpism than just “America made another oopsie cause we’re dumb-dumbs”