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I genuinely didn't think we'd so quickly reach a stage where 'Nazis are unacceptable' was a controversial position
@Loukas@mastodon.nuI mean, 'Nazis bad' was supposed to be the self-justifying narrative of modern civilization.
The story went: Yes, industrial society is built on colonial horrors, but remember we defeated the Nazis. That's our redemption story, it wipes the slate clean and opens the gates to a morally neutral future.
Now that's all being dumped, as the Nazi taboo is broken, because it turns out things like short-term profits and political gains were more important all along.
I know I shouldn't be surprised by how easy it is to drop a dried and withered figleaf. I guess I'm just not as cynical as I thought I was.
I've been thinking a lot about this article by @JuliusGoat a lot recently https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-dipshit-paradox
@Loukas It used to be that one was supposed to wait until the 4th reply before calling someone a nazi. Now you can't throw a brick without hitting one.
New times.
@Loukas Minor quibble: I don't think the slate can ever be wiped clean, but especially when there is so much inequity permeating every corner of our society.
It would be nice, of course, to just declare, "We're good now!" but I think the past horrors and atrocities need to be paid a little bit more than lip service before that's believable.
My $0.02.
@roknrol I'm not saying the slate was wiped clean, rather that this was the story, which is now being dumped.
@Loukas indeed, we are at much the same place we were before defeat of Nazism. https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1915/junius/ch01.htm
@grantbrookesnz Luxembourg may have never lived to see actual nazism, but I think it is indeed correct to see fascism as the general extension of that state of war into all parts of society.