It really was a twofer to paint both with the brush of sexual immorality. Weimar Germany was the center of a sexual reform movement that promoted birth control for women, equal rights for both sexes, acceptance of sexual minorities, legalization and regulation of sex work and more. It was really ahead of its time.
Then the Nazis came along and found common ground with the conservative religious groups to demonize and then victimize everyone involved.
It’s just… I know history doesn’t repeat itself, but goddamn does it rhyme.
History sure does rhyme. Unfortunately, it’s because authoritarians learn from the failings of others
I don’t think we’ll see the end stages of Nazi Germany in the US. That’s what brought down Hitler. Putin and modern Russia is a much better example of what we could see going forward
Much easier to keep people in line when the atrocities are vague and plausibly denied
It really was a twofer to paint both with the brush of sexual immorality. Weimar Germany was the center of a sexual reform movement that promoted birth control for women, equal rights for both sexes, acceptance of sexual minorities, legalization and regulation of sex work and more. It was really ahead of its time.
Then the Nazis came along and found common ground with the conservative religious groups to demonize and then victimize everyone involved.
It’s just… I know history doesn’t repeat itself, but goddamn does it rhyme.
History sure does rhyme. Unfortunately, it’s because authoritarians learn from the failings of others
I don’t think we’ll see the end stages of Nazi Germany in the US. That’s what brought down Hitler. Putin and modern Russia is a much better example of what we could see going forward
Much easier to keep people in line when the atrocities are vague and plausibly denied