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How Communists in Germany Allied with Nazis to Destroy Democracy | War History Online

i’m posting this article because it’s an interesting bit of history, and also because this is a playbook we’re seeing again. (some) leftists viewing fascists as “class allies” against social democracy, excusing antisemitism/misogyny/ableism as a step towards broader anti-capitalism. the idea of the “lumpenproletariat” as “useless poor” who fascists see as drains on society for essentially the same reasons, the fervent conviction that surely a working-class embrace of fascism will lead to a working-class embrace of communism. the total surprise when the fascists expel and kill the leftists once they seize power. the real red-brown alliance is what it looks like when spotted leopards eat faces.

as @stripedroseandsketchpads said, condoning bigotry as a “unifying factor” for the working class is a slippery slope to worse, because here you have a designated class of undesirables who it is acceptable to sacrifice for the cause. the canary in the coal mine for whether the state can commit industrialized mass murder and have everyone at home and abroad be basically fine with it was the euthanasia program/Aktion T4.