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"Antifa has been around for almost a hundred years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany." —a dude arguing that antifa is bad (blacksky.community)

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[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Authoritarians misunderstanding history? Who could have thought?

There is probably some nuance between KPD Antifaschistische Aktion, SPD Iron Front, and WW2 Resistance antifa, but none of that is relevant to modern discussions about American Antifa.

The most important thing to note about KPD, SPD, and the resistance during 1930s-1940s is about violent resistance to fascists rising to power. My hypothesis is that political violence is unproductive before rule of law breaks down, but then becomes the only option after rule of law breaks down.

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

Those who make peaceful protest impossible make violent revolution inevitable