Nazis In Colour
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I mean the whole idea of nationalism wasn't necessarily only going on at the time in Germany. It was everywhere. The same way "free market capitalism" was the idea of the day the last decade, "nationalism" was the style (dare I say "zeitgeist"?) in the 1930's everywhere, especially as a response to the economic chaos of the Great Depression. It fit in well with the kneejerk reactions of protectionism policies. Exclude the other economically and find coherence domestically. Even in an ass backward country (and I say that with honestly super deep affection) like Brazil nationalism was the order of the day.
Germany just happened to have a cultural bias towards exceptionally efficient militarism, had the historical context (was once the Holy Roman Empire, so you had those motifs and concepts floating in the national mythology) and had the financial and psychological damage as losers in the Great War that provided enough friction for the Nazis to take the fucking concept over the top.
- I guess I got all wordy and didactic again, eh? I gotta stop...TheBlueOne
- true, some say if it had not happened in germany it would have in the US or UK "anyway".
NEWSFLASH - not true for the simple fact it did not happen in UK or US.********