Greek court rules Golden Dawn party criminal organization

submitted by [deleted] from apnews.com

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but groups like Golden Dawn are an optics disaster for us. LARPing as 1930s fascists isn't the way forward. The new and more intellectual suit-and-tie approach is much better, and more successful.

[–]Mr9to5 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I mean, Greece circa 2009 was about as close to the Weimar Republic as it gets. Even worse when you consider the fact it was never as prosperous as pre-war Germany. It obviously wasn’t the greatest thing - but they also did have seats in government and it did take this long for it to be a problem. Caveman social conditions don’t exactly discourage being a caveman.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I mean, Greece circa 2009 was about as close to the Weimar Republic as it gets.

No, it wasn't. We can't even imagine what the Great Depression was like.

Even worse when you consider the fact it was never as prosperous as pre-war Germany.

Life in Greece circa 2009 was much better than life in pre-war Germany.

[–]Mr9to5 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Indifferent, even if true. No one in a crisis cares about a “suit and tie” image. It would be nice if groups like Golden Dawn wouldn’t get into military costumes and crap that bring the hammer down - but I’ll take setting up soup kitchens, morale building group activities, hardline ideological clarity and the ability to mobilize masses over “optics” any day.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the ability to mobilize masses

We'll talk again when that finally happens.