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Turns out social democrats killing communist leaders (Spartacists), being lenient on fascists (Kapp Putsch) then using said fascists to kill communists (Freikorps and Ruhr uprisings) wasn't a great strategy either.
So across the board the whole "building and using fascism as a controllable tool" doesn't work out so well.
"How could those evil social democrats kill Communist leaders? It's not like the Spartacists or Ruhr uprising were doing anything like an armed uprising against the government! Mean ol' social fascists!"
Fucking pathetic.
Ah yes because armed uprisings against governments should be stopped by killing people...
... yes...?
Like, that's the generally accepted behavior when someone is trying to kill you? You are allowed to shoot back?
Jesus Christ, what, is your opinion that the SocDems should have just laid down and died?
The fuck.
The whole historical significance of the SPD government is that when faced with rebellion from fascists and communists the SPD chose to ally with the roving bands of fascist paramilitaries (Freikorps) against the communists.
But the SPD, KPD, and NSDAP were definitely not the only active political entities at the time. Lookin' at you DDP and DVP. The liberals and centrists really enjoy the cover of the SPD-KPD when it comes to the era when the Nazis took power.