• zeropointone@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Trump is not a Nazi. I know the difference because I talked to Nazis from the Third Reich. No Nazi would ever collaborate with Jews no matter what. Trump is a white supremacist, sure. Malignent narcissism, greed, plenty of sadism. But he’s not idealistic like the Nazis were. He’s way too opportunistic for that, way too focused on short gain. Doesn’t mean he’s better, just a different type of evil.

    • Fondots@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      No Nazi would ever collaborate with Jews no matter what.

      I feel like that’s painting with a little too broad of a brush. You can find more than a few instances of Nazis working with Jews to some extent, the Jewish councils and police that oversaw the ghettos come to mind for example.

      If it helped them further the goals, some Nazis weren’t totally opposed to working with jews, doesn’t mean they weren’t planning on sending them to the camps eventually, but if they could find a use for them, they would sometimes keep them around, maybe even throw them a bone here or there to keep them compliant.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        The Nazis literally did work with Jews early on, otherwise, how did the Jews for Hitler even exist as a thing?