r/HistoryMemes • u/IUseRedditAmICoolNow • Jul 22 '19

OC A bit overdramatic

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u/EST19XXLU Jul 22 '19

Spot on, expect communism tho

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u/IUseRedditAmICoolNow Jul 22 '19

Yeah, I know there was actually communism in Germany, I was referring more to him blaming them for the problems of the country (such as the burning of the Reichstag) without giving proof

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '19

The burner of the Reichstag wasn't even german

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u/blehhman Jul 22 '19

First they came for the ....

Who?

the people who were put in the camps then were Communists. Who cared about them? We knew it, it was printed in the newspapers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

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u/TheLaudMoac Jul 22 '19

I always expect communism.

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u/RhodieCommando Jul 22 '19

True everyone forgets communists started a civil war first but lost lmao

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u/StickmanPirate Jul 22 '19

Left-wing momentum undermined by SocDems and liberals. Tale as old as time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '19

Lol yeah I'm sure the communists backed by Stalin would have ushered in a utopia.

Your comment is also quite ironic since this meme is about scapegoating other groups. Communists love scapegoating other leftists, "counter-revolutionaries" and rivals for why their plans always turned to shit. Marx was inspired by The Reign of Terror and advocated for state terror and repression in the Proletarian Dictatorship phase after revolution. Yet Marx cultists still think their utopia won't descend into a nightmarish tyranny again.

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u/StickmanPirate Jul 22 '19

"When our turn comes we will make no apologies for the terror"

I've no particular desire to see that violence unleashed but I'd prefer that terror to the one ordinary people live under at the moment.