This teacher’s takedown of the guy who said ‘Nazis were socialists’ is an all-time classic of the genre
In the takedown hall of fame this is somewhere close to the top, a comprehensive dismantling of a guy who suggested this on Twitter.
Nazis were socialist. https://t.co/WTmYzfxlKi
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) 17 August 2017
What he was responding to is lost to the mists of time. But that’s not the important bit.
It caught the attention of history man Mike Stuchbery, a teacher and writer who thought he’d take the time to put him right. And put him right he did, in a thread that is both brutal and brilliant.
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Ok, dickhead, I did this politely to someone else earlier, but now I'm going to rinse you. Prepare. https://t.co/HcgpKHY3Cq
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) 17 August 2017
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Yeah, the Nazis called themselves the ‘National Socialists’, and they even nicked some (incredibly benign) socialist policies…
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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It is, however, a total misnomer, it’s like the World Series, or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or ‘ethics in gaming journalism’.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Nazis were fascists. Indisputably. They drew their ideology from Italy’s fascists, who arose in reaction to the Left.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Right, @stillgray, still mired in 19th century thought, could not tackle the explosion in left-wing organization.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Mussolini gives us the first fascist platform – national/racial superiority, rearmament & expansion, and consolidation of capital.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Fascists appropriated, wholesale, Roman imagery, such as the ‘fasces’, to evoke renewed national pride & a sense of superiority. pic.twitter.com/nOr1ohA76P
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Fascists sought, @stillgray, to expand & reclaim historically Italian lands (mirroring a large portion of the old Roman Empire). pic.twitter.com/2Rot3O9gZN
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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After nicking some socialist economic policies (public works & spending), fascist government formed corporate cartels, enriching the few.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Hitler & his Deutcher Arbeiter Partei mates see this and decide that they need to steal support from actual socialists, @StillGray… pic.twitter.com/Fq9ylQcch7
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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…so the DAP rebadge themselves as the NSDAP… Socialism still being a relatively new ideology. It’s like adding ‘e-‘ to a product name. pic.twitter.com/AwsIr5CPaE
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Otherwise, they were fascist – 1. Saw themselves as racially/nationally superior, 2. Wanted rearmament & expansion, 3. Consolidated capital.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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1. Do I really need to go into their views on race & their feelings towards the Jews? pic.twitter.com/gpSd44gojm
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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2. Do I really need to go into their designs on a ‘Greater German Reich’? pic.twitter.com/4w7K1T2nJy
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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3. The Germans used socialist economic policies, before retreating to a corporate cartel base. Companies like Krupp made $$$. pic.twitter.com/qrjXTAkp2s
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The actual socialists who emerged after Marx wanted three things – 1. Removal of classes. 2. World socialism. 3. Distribution of capital.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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There was a huge gap between rich & poor in Tsarist Russia. The Bolsheviks sought to eliminate this division (yes, by violent revolt). pic.twitter.com/PMDlS6IeGT
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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After they succeeded, the Bolsheviks wanted to take the Revolution worldwide. Heard of ‘Comintern’? No race, no nations, only socialism. pic.twitter.com/nmHUsh4Gsv
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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3. As for redistribution of capital, do I really need to explain the difference between collectivisation & cartels, Mr Tax Haven?
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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So, you see, @stillgray there’s a big fucking difference between fascism and socialism, in that they’re COMPLETE FUCKING OPPOSITES.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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So, if you’re peddling this ‘munuhmunuh NAZIS ARE SOCIALISTS’ bullshit you’re either massively dense or an evil prick.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Watching your behaviour since the whole GamerGate thing & your stupid fake Nazi bullshit, I’m inclined to think the latter of you, chuckles.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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So take your jizz-sodden waifu pillow, @stillgray & stick to crying about video games. Cut the edgelord Alt-Right commentator act.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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There’s are names for those who take advantage of ignorance & hatred to their own ends, @stillgray. You can work them out.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Until then, keep your head down, keep quiet, or more and more people are going to start to see what you are. A coward is just the start.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
Yep, that should just about do it.
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