Comment on YSK: 1930s Germany used Jim Crow America as a model, which was a resurgence of Antebellum American racist policies — segregation, imprisonment, enslavement, and homicide.

Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Soulg@ani.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  On one hand, I do generally appreciate posts like the OP drawing connections between historical events, not only is it interesting to learn about but it’s useful to examine for the future.

  On the other hand, it really, REALLY feels like it’s just kinda being done as hate America porn. There’s a lot of atrocities in American history, but we’re not uniquely bad, we’re not the only country that’s done bad shit, and we’re certainly not the reason Nazis were bad. Maybe I’m being a little sensitive, but so much of it is hyper focused on the US and almost no mention of the other inspirations like you gave

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s centered on the US because the US is enacting it again. If it was South Africa, we’d be talking about the apartheid. But it’s not.

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    • eightpix@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its centered on the US because they’re harming themselves and everyone else all at once. “Flooding the zone” as it were. What’s there to be done but stand on principle and dominate the narrative.

      Inception, followed by a kick.

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  • biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The scale at which it was applied, both geographically and in number of individuals, was and possibly even remains, unprecedented.

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