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How fascist regimes claimed to solve unemployment
Original: The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either consc
Commenters are revisiting how fascist states in the 1930s reduced unemployment by militarising their economies. The argument being shared holds that the jobless were either conscripted into the army or organised into labour battalions working in war plants, meaning the apparent economic recovery was really preparation for war. The point is being raised in discussions tying this history to current American politics, with participants using it as a warning about propaganda and authoritarian economics.
Why now: The historical comparison is being circulated in the context of current US political debates about fascism and authoritarianism.
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- The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants. # fascism # uspol # history # propaganda · army_talk_fascism · 17
- The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants. # fascism # uspol # history # propaganda · army_talk_fascism · 8
- The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants. # fascism # uspol # history # propaganda · army_talk_fascism · 7
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