▲ 174 ▼ lemmy.blahaj.zone straight up doing nazi apologia (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 years ago by gonk@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 144 comments fedilink hide all child comments a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 2 years ago (3 children) Has anyone done any analysis on if Weimar’s collapse could be more closely tied to losing its colonies and still trying to be a social democracy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] YouKnowIt@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago That seems pretty dubious. They started their colonies 30 years before they lost WWI, I don't think they had enough time to extract enough to make a dent compared to their home industrialization permalink fedilink source parent [–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago The colonies didn't really matter for the economy in Germany. It did matter for concentrating capital in certain parts of the capitalist class though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Losing polish territories was more important in that process than the colonies. They were basically not held long enough and were only considered “prestige”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yes, Greater Poland was economically significant and fairly densely populated, and Upper Silesia was one of the two most important industrial regions in Germany. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 3 points 2 years ago* I was thinking more of the junker estates and west prussia, but yeah the loss of upper silesia caused an economic crisis in eastern Germany which is why the nazis picked up the votes there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YouKnowIt@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago That seems pretty dubious. They started their colonies 30 years before they lost WWI, I don't think they had enough time to extract enough to make a dent compared to their home industrialization permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago The colonies didn't really matter for the economy in Germany. It did matter for concentrating capital in certain parts of the capitalist class though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Losing polish territories was more important in that process than the colonies. They were basically not held long enough and were only considered “prestige”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yes, Greater Poland was economically significant and fairly densely populated, and Upper Silesia was one of the two most important industrial regions in Germany. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 3 points 2 years ago* I was thinking more of the junker estates and west prussia, but yeah the loss of upper silesia caused an economic crisis in eastern Germany which is why the nazis picked up the votes there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yes, Greater Poland was economically significant and fairly densely populated, and Upper Silesia was one of the two most important industrial regions in Germany. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 3 points 2 years ago* I was thinking more of the junker estates and west prussia, but yeah the loss of upper silesia caused an economic crisis in eastern Germany which is why the nazis picked up the votes there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sinister@hexbear.net [B] 3 points 2 years ago* I was thinking more of the junker estates and west prussia, but yeah the loss of upper silesia caused an economic crisis in eastern Germany which is why the nazis picked up the votes there. permalink fedilink source parent
