"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that ‘some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest’ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ‘social fascists.’

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

  • Maeve
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    -22 months ago

    Yes, as I said elsewhere itt ,things have gotten alarmingly worse.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      No, what you said was people have been saying the same thing for 40 years, and implied it doesn’t make a difference.

      That is false.