[Thread] Everybody is talking about the ridiculous #1776Commission report.

So, I just skipped to the Fascism part 'cause that's kind of my jam. And, yeah, it's mind-numbingly stupid.
"Ideological cousins?"

Yeah, about as related as eggplants and catalytic converters, you idiots.
This is...literally so wrong that I'm actually impressed.
I mean, excruciatingly obvious, but they got this one right. Or, rather, FDR got this one right.
Reagan Germany photos...

1776 Commission: Me:
Reagan Germany photos...1776 Commission: Me:
Reagan Germany photos...1776 Commission: Me:
I mean, also there was a really big ocean created before the Nazis could "threaten America in our own hemisphere."
(Not pictured: the Soviet Union which lost 8 million soldiers while the US lost 450,000. But, whatever.)
I'm not going to read the rest of this nonsense, but I wanted to fulfill my contractual obligation to drag bad takes on fascism, the Nazis, and WWII.
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