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A Boring Dystopia

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ID: A snippet from an old newspaper:

DANES SEE HITLER WAGING TARIFF WAR

Increases Virtually Ban Their Cattle-Scandinavian Papers Call for Reprisals.

Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 10.-The recent cancellation of the Swedish- German trade treaty, with the resultant voiding of the most-favored-nation clause, has seemingly been used by the Hitler government as an opportunity to open a tariff war on the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands.

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[–] lath 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was bound to happen. The US almost had a nazi takeover at that time and they just sweeped it under the rug, then brought in more scientist nazis out of fear of missing out on advanced technology.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Also the German Nazis were literally taking notes on the Jim Crow South in the USA for inspiration.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

my home town has a "mental institution" (torture facility) mentioned by name in the inspirations for the death camps