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BootinUp

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Tue Sep 27, 2022, 12:31 AM Sep 2022

Michael Beschloss: ...No thanks for the memories. unrolled

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Michael Beschloss
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New Italian PM says “we will never be slaves…at the mercy of financial speculators.” Sounds just like 1930s in Italy and Germany. No thanks for the memories.

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Michael Beschloss

New Italian PM says “we will never be slaves…at the mercy of financial speculators.” Sounds just like 1930s in Italy and Germany. No thanks for the memories.

Mussolini enjoyed publicly referring to Jewish people as “financial speculators” who needed to be controlled.

When a Fascist leader speaks, whether in Europe or America, never brush aside what you are hearing as meaningless rhetoric. Do not fail to learn from the history of the 1930s.

History of the 1930s shows that fascist leaders in the United States have been very eager to link up and pool resources, often in secret, with fascist leaders in Europe. Monitor carefully and beware.

And please never take it at face value when and if fascist leaders in America or Europe tell you that they have no personal or political animus toward Jews or other minority groups in society. Too many examples in history tell us the opposite.


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Michael Beschloss: ...No thanks for the memories. unrolled (Original Post) BootinUp Sep 2022 OP
This is scary LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #1
"Financial Speculators" leftieNanner Sep 2022 #2
Exactly. Code word for Jews. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #7
Seems like only yesterday Italians were castigating The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2022 #3
Sadly, the Italian right proved adept at harnessing public anger since the 2008 collapse peppertree Sep 2022 #6
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2022 #4
Michael Beschloss is an American treasure Hekate Sep 2022 #5
Yes he is. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #8

peppertree

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6. Sadly, the Italian right proved adept at harnessing public anger since the 2008 collapse
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 02:04 AM
Sep 2022

Italy has never recovered from the '08 crash - and the right quickly learned that, while their pro-bankster policies largely caused the problem, most voters don't really understand that.

And that by instead hammering against "speculators" (the very people they enabled) and migrants, they were able to tap into voter hatred against the two groups Italians tend to hate most.

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