"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."

  • RubberDuck
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    -62 months ago

    Being pissed off is fine though. And holding your party brass to account is good in politics… required even.

    It’s the little fascists like the user I responded to that make it impossible to unify the left. If you have little wannabe Castro’s, Zedongs and Khameini’s in your ranks, the cure may be as bad as the ailment.