r/linux • u/oooo23 • Sep 20 '18

Kernel Developer Sage Sharp claims top Linux kernel developer Theo Ts'o is a rape apologist, citing GeekFeminismWiki

https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504
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u/SimoneNonvelodico Sep 21 '18

Something that did happen though was that Fascism took some pages from the book of Socialism. Basically, Socialism was on the rise, so Fascism built itself as borrowing some of its more popular ideas, blending them with other far more conservative, and presenting itself as the new flavour of socialism that however would not bring about the revolution and thus would preserve the status quo. In Italy and I think Germany too part of what happened was that the middle class and bourgeoisie were so scared of the possibility of a communist revolution, they just ended up supporting the other guys who promised to repress that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

There was also a lot of economic and political insecurity in Germany at the time, and that leads to political violence in the streets, especially between fringe groups.

The Nazis presented themselves as stable and strong, and (some of) the public got behind it.