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"Antifa has been around for almost a hundred years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany." —a dude arguing that antifa is bad (blacksky.community)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism

Following history, fascism first came about and a named ideology in WW1, not WW2. Whole it brewed and came to a head in ww2, it was first really spearheaded by Italy in WW1 and the early 20th. Which then spread to Germany and was embraced.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Okay, but this is my comment:

    Your average age of the original antifa is 98 years old - WW2 veterans

    As far as I know, the first people to physically fight against fascism are WW2 veterans. Of course, antifa does not imply only physical fighting, but in context here of the US Govt labeling antifa a violent terrorist organization, it makes sense to bring up the first physical antifa fighters were fighting at the US Govt's demand against fascism.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Again, the original ones would be WW1 vets

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    WW1 wasn't fought against fascism. Italy wasn't fascist then either

    From your own linked source above:

    fascism, political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central, southern, and eastern Europe between 1919 and 1945

    Italy’s fascist movement also began after World War I, although it achieved power in the mid-1920

    Fascist parties and movements came to power in several countries between 1922 and 1945

    (For context, WW1 ended in 1918)

    Although I'm sure many WW1 vets later became antifascists.

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