• @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      That was only to argue for their ability to localize tyranny. Fascists don’t care about words, beyond serving a means to their tyranny. They have no morals, ethics or virtues.

      I can’t find the exact quote by Goebbels or similar, but in 1933 or 34, after seizing power the minority party asked about some virtue he’d previously signalled around political freedoms, and he said those words only applied when they weren’t in power. All the Nazi’s in the chamber laughed…