r/MurderedByWords Oct 26 '19

Murder Same game, different level

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u/TheBoxBoxer Oct 26 '19

There are definitely parallels though. A lot of nazi beliefs were taken from American conservatives, not the other way around. Specifically Hitler admired the segregation, eugenics movements as well as the hypernationalism and concentrated wealth of the industrialist class. Hell, their "nazi salute" is actually just taken from the US pledge of allegiance. The rest was taken from Mussolini's facismo philosophy.

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u/TheBoxBoxer Oct 27 '19

The option for contraception and abortion is not eugenics. Forced abortions and forced sterilization (which is what they did) are.

The rise of fascism was accompanied with a narrative that lesser peoples bred more often and would replace the dominant white population. It's the same narrative that is still popular with conservatives today.