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Commentators draw parallels between fascist promises and broken pledges
Original: It was easy enough for the fascists to promise all things to all people before they were in power. Once they were actual
A widely shared observation argues that fascists could promise everything to everyone before taking power, but once in office could not keep their contradictory pledges, having planned in advance to break some. The passage, circulated repeatedly in US political discussions, is being used to frame current debates about whether governing parties abandon campaign promises.
Why now: Readers are applying this historical warning to contemporary American politics and fears about authoritarianism
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- It was easy enough for the fascists to promise all things to all people before they were in power. Once they were actually in power, they could not, of course, keep their contradictory promises. They had intended in advance to break some, and they did break those they had made… · army_talk_fascism · 10
- It was easy enough for the fascists to promise all things to all people before they were in power. Once they were actually in power, they could not, of course, keep their contradictory promises. They had intended in advance to break some, and they did break those they had made… · army_talk_fascism · 7
- It was easy enough for the fascists to promise all things to all people before they were in power. Once they were actually in power, they could not, of course, keep their contradictory promises. They had intended in advance to break some, and they did break those they had made… · army_talk_fascism · 6
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