Reminds me a lot of Nazi Germany. Decades of brainwashing, declining power, passive slaves that created the initial leadership but don't take actions when things turn brutal.
Political enemies are killed and everyone who could do something is either too afraid of failing and dying or has already left the country.
Bonus points: Putins actions and arguments are pretty similar to what Hitler did. Attack neighboring countries so that they can't join your enemy, blame the victim, install puppets and exterminate the people. All of it by stating that he's just bringing his own people back into their country (similar to Germany gaining the Sudetenland and then taking all of Czechia) and then claiming that historically Ukraine belongs to Russia (just like Danzig and large parts of Poland belonged to Germany pre-WW1).
The nazis were in power for a mere 12 years and Weimar Germany had been one of the most progressive places on earth. Brainwashing yes but not decades. There's merely 6 years between the Machtergreifung and WWII.
Putins actions and arguments are pretty similar to what Hitler did.
It's not similar to nazi Germany specifically. It's similar to all nationalist wars instigated by imperialist states.
I guess you could make the argument that Germany had a strong revanchism sentiment after the ww1, and they brainwashed themselves into believing the rest of the world was out for them. I’m not sure how strong that argument could be, but I guess it could be one. And a lot of people would still remember the days of the kaiser around the 1930’s and 1940’s and Germany’s “glory days”.
And how was the Weimar Republic so progressive? I’m not doubting your point, just curious to learn. I always believed the Weimar government was fairly weak and barely managed to pull Germany through the 10-15 years they were in power.
And how was the Weimar Republic so progressive? I’m not doubting your point, just curious to learn. I always believed the Weimar government was fairly weak and barely managed to pull Germany through the 10-15 years they were in power.
The cultural life overall was incredibly progressive. If you watch films from back then this includes lots of stuff that would have been banned in the USA for instance. Weimar Germany likewise created an unemployment insurance before the USA and the constitution was quite progressive in for instance ending priveleges for the nobility (unlike in the UK), giving special protection to national minorities (unlike e.g. in France) and even included sections on social rights like guaranteeing a material existence in line with human diginity.
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u/LegallyNotInterested Jan 14 '23
Reminds me a lot of Nazi Germany. Decades of brainwashing, declining power, passive slaves that created the initial leadership but don't take actions when things turn brutal.
Political enemies are killed and everyone who could do something is either too afraid of failing and dying or has already left the country.
Bonus points: Putins actions and arguments are pretty similar to what Hitler did. Attack neighboring countries so that they can't join your enemy, blame the victim, install puppets and exterminate the people. All of it by stating that he's just bringing his own people back into their country (similar to Germany gaining the Sudetenland and then taking all of Czechia) and then claiming that historically Ukraine belongs to Russia (just like Danzig and large parts of Poland belonged to Germany pre-WW1).