▲ 1928 ▼ Always remember, both sides are just as bad! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 404 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Considering they were led by a failed art critic who basically stayed a butthurt drunk corporal after WW1 ended, it checks out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago They were led by a group of people, some very much noblemen and officers, and some well-educated and competent people. The criterion for success was being defined by the corporal, because in some sense German conservatives of the Weimar republic times turned pessimist of their nobility, their upper and middle class, and, a bit like Russian narodniks would look for rebirth in the way Russian peasants lived (knowing nothing of that), they were looking for rebirth in the propaganda picture of some patriotic and depressed corporal, and they've found one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago They were led by a group of people, some very much noblemen and officers, and some well-educated and competent people. The criterion for success was being defined by the corporal, because in some sense German conservatives of the Weimar republic times turned pessimist of their nobility, their upper and middle class, and, a bit like Russian narodniks would look for rebirth in the way Russian peasants lived (knowing nothing of that), they were looking for rebirth in the propaganda picture of some patriotic and depressed corporal, and they've found one. permalink fedilink source parent
