• build_a_bear_group [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    :honecker-interesting: :GDR: The Journalist has his twitter Avi as Erich Honecker and his banner the DDR flag. Folks, is it possible for one to become this level of based?

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I find it darkly funny how this wouldn't fly for someone who'd want to keep their career in the US, a country which hasn't existed under an (openly) fascist dictatorship.

        • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          On the other hand, it is perfectly acceptable in Germany to speak of "both of the German dictatorships", drawing a false equivalency between the DRR and literal Adolf fucking Hitler.

        • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Germany, at least, was under a fascist state with remnants in the west (and now unified). So it makes sense. The United States, on the other hand, never ripped off the mask completely and took a plunge into full fascism like Spain or Germany did.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      the getty images watermark :capitalist-laugh: