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    7 months ago

    The difference in results between Scandinavia and the rest of the EU is very interesting. A well-working educational system is clearly the best weapon against fascism.

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      Also, a well working social system with low corruption. But it’s a bit chicken and the egg sort of situation.

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      It’s really not that simple. Look at Austria, for example. It’s also a lot about culture and society itself and how it developed. We are exporting nazis ffs. Shit that gets people thrown out of parties in Germany (like Krah) is just another Tuesday in Austria. And we have a great educational system. Of course with ways to improve.

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        Krah wasn’t kicked out, they just didn’t want him to show up to events because of looks. Now that the election is over watch them fully embrace that treasonous, SS glorifying nazi back as their top candidate. Also I bet it will not take longer than two weeks until LePenne forgets that the AfD is more and more admiting to be fascist and welcomes them back to ID

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        Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Krah just forbidden by his party to go campaigning (and he did campaign anyway)? As far as I know he’s still part of the AfD.

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      It really depends, there’s plenty of ways to politicize an educational system and call it well-working. I think a more crucial distinction would be to teach people to be able to discern good sources from shit sources and how they can be manipulated without realizing it, and having taught across several semesters, if a good education system is simply not viable (i.e. poorer EU countries).

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      EU élections are often used to show your frustrations with the current government. In Sweden and Finland the current government is right wing.

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      Indeed it is. And still our right wing populists are constantly screeching how the “general media is clearly and unfairly left-biased,” and “how the other side of the story remains untold”.

      No shit, Sherlock. Nearly all journalists have college or university degrees, that’s what happens when you open your mind to the larger world.

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      Participation in the EU election in Sweden was at a record low - just above 50%, which is amongst the worst in Europe. IMO that’s a serious warning flag.

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      A well-working educational system is clearly the best weapon against fascism.

      That has never stopped fascism before. Ever.

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        I think they assume “well working” means “is not a propaganda tool for the fascists.”

        They probably don’t want to acknowledge that capturing schools, and what history and literature they are allowed to teach, is also the easiest way to create the Hitler Youth.

        It also rather demonstrates that they are the best way to create the Anti-Hitler Youth.

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          It also rather demonstrates that they are the best way to create the Anti-Hitler Youth.

          As far as I’m aware, proper antifascism is not a subject taught at European schools. Today’s antifascists had to learn it the same way the interwar antifascists learned it - from scratch.

          But it’s actually far, far worse than that. Liberal societies are utterly unwilling to confront what fascism really is nor the reasons fascism grows so easily in said liberal societies, and education cirriculums, of course, follow suit. This all makes it very easy for fascism to fester pretty much out in the open.

          I won’t be relying on a formal education system to even slow fascism down… never mind stop it.

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          Fascism is always populated by ignorant morons. Always.

          And the capitalists who funds fascism? Are they ignorant morons, too?

          What about the media, which goes out of it’s way to downplay fascism? Are they morons as well?

          What about the police, who always protects and enables fascism - what about them?

          Your understanding of fascism is dangerously naive.