Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down118
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareUnquote0270linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months agoDehumanising people makes it easy to hate and persecute them, and to blame them for a bunch of stuff which isn’t their fault. It really is a classic move with a rich history.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoI was discussing this with my mom over the phone and we kind of both were wondering if this is the playbook that Hitler used.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoAbsolutely. It’s the playbook all fascists use.
Dehumanising people makes it easy to hate and persecute them, and to blame them for a bunch of stuff which isn’t their fault. It really is a classic move with a rich history.
I was discussing this with my mom over the phone and we kind of both were wondering if this is the playbook that Hitler used.
Absolutely. It’s the playbook all fascists use.