Honestly, half the world seemed to be chill as fuck with them until the Nazis attacked them personally. Really not cool how twisted that has become in history. Because nobody really gave a fuck, a lot even cheered, until the Nazi menace was upon them.
There was a lot of deep apprehension about the Nazis at the time, but also, within living memory, a war which killed some 15% of the military-age men of the entire continent because no one knew when to back down. Poland searched desperately for friends, France attempted to make anti-German alliances of deterrence with the Sovs and Britain; even the isolationist US regarded the pro-German Bund, Silver Shirts, and America First movements as absurdities.
The thing is that the only cure for fascism is to break fascism - utterly. No half-measures. So all of that was pointless in the end.
Honestly, half the world seemed to be chill as fuck with them until the Nazis attacked them personally. Really not cool how twisted that has become in history. Because nobody really gave a fuck, a lot even cheered, until the Nazi menace was upon them.
There was a lot of deep apprehension about the Nazis at the time, but also, within living memory, a war which killed some 15% of the military-age men of the entire continent because no one knew when to back down. Poland searched desperately for friends, France attempted to make anti-German alliances of deterrence with the Sovs and Britain; even the isolationist US regarded the pro-German Bund, Silver Shirts, and America First movements as absurdities.
The thing is that the only cure for fascism is to break fascism - utterly. No half-measures. So all of that was pointless in the end.
Fascists only speak one language: their own blood.
I wish we would have learned that lesson. It is why current events are so frightening. We aren’t breaking it.