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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The new Ukrainian gov't is ONLY 30% Neo-Nazi"....
One can say "Only 30% Social Democrat" or "Only 30% Socialist"....
But "Only 30% Neo-Nazi"?????
At the risk of Godwin's Law....
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Heinrich Brüning was the first chancellor under the new presidential system. He was unable to unify the government, and in September 1930, there were new elections. The Nazi Party won an important victory, capturing 18.3% of the vote to make it the second largest party in the Reichstag.
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Germany's government remained on the brink of collapse. The SA brownshirts, about 400,000 strong, were a part of daily street violence. The economy was still in crisis. In the election of July 1932, the Nazi Party won 37% of the Reichstag seats, thanks to a massive propaganda campaign. For the next six months, the most powerful German leaders were embroiled in a series of desperate political maneuverings. Ultimately, these major players severely underestimated Hitler's political abilities.
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http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm
Heinrich Brüning was the first chancellor under the new presidential system. He was unable to unify the government, and in September 1930, there were new elections. The Nazi Party won an important victory, capturing 18.3% of the vote to make it the second largest party in the Reichstag.
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Germany's government remained on the brink of collapse. The SA brownshirts, about 400,000 strong, were a part of daily street violence. The economy was still in crisis. In the election of July 1932, the Nazi Party won 37% of the Reichstag seats, thanks to a massive propaganda campaign. For the next six months, the most powerful German leaders were embroiled in a series of desperate political maneuverings. Ultimately, these major players severely underestimated Hitler's political abilities.
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http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm
They're Nazis. They don't play by the rules. 30% represents the consent (or should I say an invitation) to govern.
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"The new Ukrainian gov't is ONLY 30% Neo-Nazi".... (Original Post)
Junkdrawer
Mar 2014
OP
Not all fascists are Nazis. Not all nationalists are Nazis. Not all anti-semites are Nazis.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#3
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)1. #1. Svoboda party is not Nazi party
#2. They do not control 1/3 of new Ukrainian government.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)7. Yep. They are freedom fighters.
go west young man
(4,856 posts)8. Someone get those Nazi's some freedom fries.
God knows they can't cook themselves. Soccer hooliganism takes up far too much time.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. I do hope you are familiar with that ancient saying
something about the first time it is serious, the second time it is comedy.
Not that I under estimate Nazis, but...
zeemike
(18,998 posts)6. I had to look that up.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Karl Marx
And completely true.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)3. Not all fascists are Nazis. Not all nationalists are Nazis. Not all anti-semites are Nazis.
Despite Nazis being all of those things.
Also, I don't believe Svoboda controls 30% of the new state.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. Yeah, well they have a MAJORITY in the US House
...and 40% of the Senate!
zeemike
(18,998 posts)5. Nothing to worry about here
Move along...Did you see that picture of bare chested Putin?