- 16 Mar 2017 03:39
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First of all let me say that I am not a fan of the Nazi's nor am I making excuses for their atrocities, but certain facts about the way Nazism is described, talked about and portrayed in popular culture to this day really bother me. From an early age I was taught. (As I think most of us in the Western World today are) That being a Nazi is the worst thing you can be and Hitler was the most evil person off all time, when their are so many historical figures who are worse. But that wouldn't matter to me so much if it wasn't for what seems to me to be a massive double standard. It's probably pretty obvious that I am referencing the more than 100 million people killed by Communism and the far smaller number killed by the Nazis.
The obvious counter-argument is that the Nazis intended to kill far more people had they won the war and it is simply the fact that they lost that causes the disparity. But there are two main points which still really bug me. First is that Nazism, and Fascism more generally were responses to Communism and while that doesn't excuse anything, the historical record then and now of the carnage and genocide Communism inevitably causes, makes a reaction, however extreme, more reasonable then is usually portrayed.
Add on to that the fact that Nazism was a candle that burned hot and then sputtered and went out after killing 11 million people(that is the official number of civilian casaulties right?) While Communism is still active today after a fashion. (I know some people would say those regimes are not true Communism but in a way no Communist regime can be true Communism). And has killed a ridiculously huge number of people, the climate for public debate today makes it much harder for public figures to be endorsed by, or be seen to support Nazi ideology, than Communist ones. And the more I look into it the more things seem to be skewed, with Donald Trump protestors and Anti-Fa waving Hammer and Sickle flags while I have yet to see a Trump fan waving a Swastika.
If I have missed something obvious please point it out to me as I am always eager to learn and maybe I just don't get it somehow.
The obvious counter-argument is that the Nazis intended to kill far more people had they won the war and it is simply the fact that they lost that causes the disparity. But there are two main points which still really bug me. First is that Nazism, and Fascism more generally were responses to Communism and while that doesn't excuse anything, the historical record then and now of the carnage and genocide Communism inevitably causes, makes a reaction, however extreme, more reasonable then is usually portrayed.
Add on to that the fact that Nazism was a candle that burned hot and then sputtered and went out after killing 11 million people(that is the official number of civilian casaulties right?) While Communism is still active today after a fashion. (I know some people would say those regimes are not true Communism but in a way no Communist regime can be true Communism). And has killed a ridiculously huge number of people, the climate for public debate today makes it much harder for public figures to be endorsed by, or be seen to support Nazi ideology, than Communist ones. And the more I look into it the more things seem to be skewed, with Donald Trump protestors and Anti-Fa waving Hammer and Sickle flags while I have yet to see a Trump fan waving a Swastika.
If I have missed something obvious please point it out to me as I am always eager to learn and maybe I just don't get it somehow.
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