I'm currently reading this; I highly recommend it.
Posted on 04/20/2024 5:11:17 PM PDT by Rummyfan
There is much to learn from Paul Johnson's history of the 20th century, not least the appalling truth about the "Republican" camp during the Spanish Civil War; some unpalatable facts about FDR and his "vanity … compounded by an astonishing naivety"; and, most importantly, the many ways in which the autocrats of the left (Lenin, Stalin, Mao, etc…) and of the right (Hitler, Mussolini, Pétain, etc…) inspired, complemented, and even conspired with, one another.
Much of what we have learned turns out to be myths. What explains the rise of rightist fascism, and how does it differ from leftist communism? According to Paul Johnson, there isn't much difference at all, and the reason for its rise in Europe was the genuine shock, by the general population as well as by the Left itself, over the disastrous results of Lenin's communist revolution in Russia, as much on an economic level as on a humane level. To counter the ruin and the atrocities of international socialism, the Left in Europe invented and turned to national socialism. (Vielen Dank für den Instalink, Kamarad Gail Heriot…)
Also fascinating is the thread that runs through the book, by which the expansion of the State in general and the appearance of "gangster statesmen" in particular took place in the wake of the disappearance of religion and moral absolutes in public life....
(Excerpt) Read more at no-pasaran.blogspot.com ...
I'm currently reading this; I highly recommend it.
Both Hitler and Himmler had a soft spot for Islam. Hitler several times fantasized that, if the Saracens had not been stopped at the Battle of Tours, Islam would have spread through the European continent—and that would have been a good thing, since “Jewish Christianity” wouldn’t have gone on to poison Europe. Christianity doted on weakness and suffering, while Islam extolled strength, Hitler believed. Himmler in a January 1944 speech called Islam “a practical and attractive religion for soldiers,” with its promise of paradise and beautiful women for brave martyrs after their death. “This is the kind of language a soldier understands,” Himmler gushed.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/nazi-romance-with-islam
Religion was only a vehicle of convenience for him. His preferred religion, because of its capacity for violence, was Islam.
Excellent book. Anything by Paul Johnson is well worth the time.
And here we are.
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Bergoglio has his own soft spot for Islam. Hitler would never hang him if he were still around.
He committed “revolutionary suicide” too, just like that Bernie Sanders supporter outside the NYC courthouse.
And Jim Jones.
There is immense similarity. The decadence of the 20’s could easily be confused as today.
One thing not similar is it in part was the result of WWI.
It left a vacuum that was sought after by communists and fascists.
Another bit of useful reading on how Fascism evolved as a reaction to Bolshevism:
https://ridl.io/ivan-ilyin-a-fashionable-fascist/
This character is much revered by Putin, btw.
Both disciplines demand absolute authoritarian forms of human organization.
That Hitler guy...what a jerk
“You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.”
- Norm Macdonald
Yes it’s excellent.
It’s too bad Paull Johnson’s history books weren’t made into text books and taught in schools.
I recently finished “Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich” by Peter Fritzsche. I’m currently reading “The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group by James P. O’Donnell.
Hitler planned to Nazify Catholicism.
But he could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon...TWO COATS!
He could have just had his Ustashe pals in Croatia run the Catholic Church.
hitler was NOT on the left! He was a socialist on the left!!!
stupid lefties
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