History Weimar Germany and its discontents

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This seems like a better venue than driving two other threads off topic.

Anyone else is free to offer their knowledge and two cents.

First off, to clarify my position, the Nazis were not an extra historical force of demons, they emerged in response to concrete movements and trends, the bolshevik revolution, the spartacist uprising, and so on. This doesn't mean they were good, their effect on third positionist and traditionalist politics has been extremely harmful, but we should understand why they emerged and why they opposed what they opposed.

Weimar culture is fascinating in its own right, and should be understood as part of early 20th century modernity. As well as German history going back to 1870 and before.



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These are some articles that hopefully ought to explain the context of the era.

Suffice to say, it was an era of charged passions and radical divides in cultural values and norms, that make America make a lot more unified.

Note: This is a sensitive subject, as discussing the Nazis always is. Especially in an objective historical light. I hope that if people choose to participate they will do so with maturity and grace.
 
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Personally I think Weimar is fascinating, because it so key to understanding a lot of the political and cultural battles in the world today.

The things we argue over now, culture and its purpose, and quality, internationalism vs nationalism, populism, socialism, religion in a secular society, etc...

Were fought over in its beer houses and on the streets.

Everyone regardless of their political affiliation should study Weimar Germany.

Because, I'm throwing out wikipedia articles, here's a list of Weimar parties.


Notice how many are noted to be "(against the government)".
 
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