• rab@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Good comment. I’m Canadian, but if you go to Germany today, you cannot avoid the holocaust memorials saying “we will not let this happen again”. They are literally everywhere.

    That said, I think that is in the past for Germany, and we need to be carefully watching places like Israel, China, that sort of thing. I don’t think that this German is anymore concerning than the fascists running for government here in Canada though. I mean even nazi salute will land you in jail in Germany, that country is night and day compared to nazi rule. Germany is a left leaning nation now especially with the influx of immigration. I think it is time to stop blaming Germany for fascism in the world.

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      1 year ago

      Oh, I’m not blaming Germany. Far from it. They didn’t invent fascism. And I’m well aware of Germany’s leftist leanings, their current track record concerning immigrants, and their position as a current moral world leader.

      And I am concerned about China and fascists running for office in Canada… but I’m a bit preoccupied by the fascism here in the States right now. Well, the white nationalist shit, too. Also the rise of right-wing terrorism that our press refuses to call terrorism because it’s being committed by white people I guess?

      I don’t think we’re all that far apart, worldview wise. I’m just maybe a bit more sensitive to all this shit because we elected The Orange Menace.

      Also, because we don’t have Tim Horton’s.

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        1 year ago

        You so do have Tim Hortons. Burger King bought them some years ago.

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          1 year ago

          Burger King? Really?

          I did not know that. That’s a damn shame. Sorry about that.