I think that’s an accurate comparison. The SDP feigned progressivism while toadying up to corporate power and bashing the left, which resulted in declining economic conditions for everyone outside of the ruling class. Those economic conditions led to radicalization, and when things got hairy the capitalists supported the Nazis, because they didn’t want to redistribute wealth. It was Hindenburg, endorsed by the SDP, who appointed Hitler as chancellor.
So it’s like, Hitler vs the people who created the economic and political conditions that led to Hitler’s rise. Hitler now, or a few more years of declining conditions and then Hitler.
The way to avoid Hitler altogether is if things actually get fixed, which the Democrats won’t do (because they benefit from the status quo) unless they can be pressured into it, and making votes conditional on the bare minimum needed to avert decline is one way of applying that pressure.
I think that’s an accurate comparison. The SDP feigned progressivism while toadying up to corporate power and bashing the left, which resulted in declining economic conditions for everyone outside of the ruling class. Those economic conditions led to radicalization, and when things got hairy the capitalists supported the Nazis, because they didn’t want to redistribute wealth. It was Hindenburg, endorsed by the SDP, who appointed Hitler as chancellor.
So it’s like, Hitler vs the people who created the economic and political conditions that led to Hitler’s rise. Hitler now, or a few more years of declining conditions and then Hitler.
The way to avoid Hitler altogether is if things actually get fixed, which the Democrats won’t do (because they benefit from the status quo) unless they can be pressured into it, and making votes conditional on the bare minimum needed to avert decline is one way of applying that pressure.