The church was required to preach what the state wanted, like it is now in Communist China.
Private property could only be used the way the government wanted it used. It was private in name only. Kind of like Communist Chinese corporations.
I heard you the first time. You were wrong then too. You can keep saying it, but it won't make you more correct.
You're bringing high school talking points. I understand. Our education system tends to only teach one thing about 1930s Germany.
But you don't have to virtue signal for a grade here. It's OK to admit that 1930s Germany both lifted a lot of people out of depression-era poverty, and took the fight directly to the Communists. The USA teamed up with the Commies, and gave away half of Europe after the war. How do you feel about that?
Germans under Hitler were allowed to
That sound like communism to you?
Ok
But make sure you ask them about the iron curtain, too.
Wonder which they’d prefer.
My 86 year year old polish mother that lived through both says "ot pierdol się, ani jeden"
Translation?
Hey, I’m with her.
But if you read between the lines, it sounds like Poland found a nationalist identity.
Good for them.
Only if they adhered to the stances taken by the state. If they didn't they were shut down, imprisoned, or executed.
Political expression against the state was not tolerated. True
But life in Germany at that time was much better than life in the USSR at any time.
The church was required to preach what the state wanted, like it is now in Communist China. Private property could only be used the way the government wanted it used. It was private in name only. Kind of like Communist Chinese corporations.
I heard you the first time. You were wrong then too. You can keep saying it, but it won't make you more correct.
You're bringing high school talking points. I understand. Our education system tends to only teach one thing about 1930s Germany.
But you don't have to virtue signal for a grade here. It's OK to admit that 1930s Germany both lifted a lot of people out of depression-era poverty, and took the fight directly to the Communists. The USA teamed up with the Commies, and gave away half of Europe after the war. How do you feel about that?