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Election poster in Germany. AfD is the "alt" right party.

"We protect your children"

Found in: /r/facepalm/comments/1egn7t8/current_election_poster_in_germany/

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Opportunism and Fascism are very compatible.

When he wasn’t plotting his ascent to power in Germany and subsequent European domination, Hitler was working on an incredible array of money-making schemes. He surreptitiously pocketed collections from his rallies, channeled millions into personal accounts through government purchases of his book and secured a slew of image-rights deals that put LeBron James to shame.

It wasn’t only the adoring crowds that had no idea of his profiteering; the German taxman were also kept in the dark. By the time he was chancellor he owed $3 million in taxes, according to a British television documentary. Soon afterwards it was quietly decided that chancellors need not pay tax.

“He felt that paying taxes was beneath him,” explained Cris Whetton, author of the book Hitler’s Fortune. “He loved money. He just wasn’t prepared to do much work for it.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/adolf-hitler-secret-billionaire

It is, as they call it, a win-win.