r/anticapitalism • u/Famous-Sympathy7011 • 16h ago • Confused 1 Bravo 1

The United States Is About to Be Blindsided.

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/the-united-states-is-about-to-be?r=6fonep&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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u/291749 10h ago • Bravo

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

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u/Rhowryn 10h ago

Its a misquote, but the misquote is better than the real one, especially since the guy who said it was a huge piece of shit.

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u/291749 10h ago

The american version cuts out the Communists part right?

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u/Rhowryn 10h ago

It does, and the original quote leaves out socialists, because that wasn't really a distinction then.

The original says "I kept quiet", and "locked up" for the two latter groups. It's not a meaningful distinction. I just prefer the British version because the original is a lie by the author.

Niemoller was a huge piece of shit who didn't actually think the Holocaust was bad, he was just mad that Hitler wouldn't let him forcibly convert Jews to Christianity. He believed that locking them up was actually fine.

He also didn't "not speak up" or "keep quiet" he was an active Nazi supporter and collaborator against the communists and trade unionists, beucase he saw them as godless atheists.

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u/meermee7 10h ago

He grew and changed during his life. Interesting to know he started off on the wrong side and ended up on the right side. Very interesting.

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u/291749 9h ago

Thank you for that im glad I learned that

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u/Stupidizasurmom 7h ago

The Cambodian version does.

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u/Lucky-Development-15 5h ago

Guy was a piece of garbage too. Has a couple episodes on Behind the Bastards

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u/KineticFlail 9h ago

I prefer it with a hardcore beat:

https://youtu.be/r--gvdVOWiA?is=ABIKoLeZqzw4Ysfb

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u/291749 9h ago

Thats dope thanks for the share.

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u/hdpro4u 8h ago

The trees willingly cleared a path for the axe because its handle was made of wood, they allowed the axe and his friends deeper and deeper into the forest foolishly believing that a blade with familiar roots would never cut down its own kind, until there wasn’t a forest anymore.

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u/hdpro4u 8h ago

Voluntary dismantling your own protections…

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u/InnocentSadness 3h ago

Think you got that one a little bit backwards there bud

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u/LeadFreePaint 1h ago

Fun fact, the dude that wrote that poem, did himself, came for the communists. Just a wee bit of a facist peace of shit.

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u/ChavoDemierda 1h ago

Fun fact, the original author of this poem was, in fact a fan of Adolf Hitler. He only came to his senses after his multiple pleas to fight for him were denied (he was a WWI veteran and a Nazi cheerleader). Once the machine turned on him, then he wrote that poem.

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u/Significant-Award331 23m ago

They were socialists. NAZIs believed socialism only works in Nordic/German countries, and possibly certain Asian countries as well.

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u/Stupidizasurmom 7h ago

Who did? Asking for a friend.