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(I share this observation that I learned as part of my studies in modern history, many years ago at university. I hope it helps you all to have a bit more context. I will not engage in discussions on how this is valid or not for what happened in the past few days in the US. Not everything is about the US, people. I don’t need to understand what „Groypers“ are. The US is just another place where the far-right is taking control)

Jan Wildeboer— Mastodon.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You might be a bigot but there is always someone more bigoted than you. Reminds me of this anti-LGBTQ demonstration in Turkey where one group was playing loud music and then some other more religious group came and started fighting with them because "it is a sin to play music so loudly".

[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, communists are pretty famous for consistently doing the exact same thing...

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's a trait with authoritarianism in general. Feudal lords did it too.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Say what you will about feudalism I don't think they purity tested people on fervor for feudalism.

Now, having loyalty to the wrong aristocrat, sure. The wrong one today who was the right one yesterday, of course. The wrong god, obviously, but everyone does that.

Being a (small r) republican? Oh, you know that's an execution.

But not being enough of a monarchist?

Also yes, if your alliance of smaller lords tries to limit the king's power with not enough troops.

BUT

Not for not believing hard enough in the right kind of feudalism!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ever heard of The Inquisition? That was nothing but a purity test. I'm pretty sure the phrase "purity test" comes straight out of the middle ages and therefore feudalism. I will cite The damn Puritans as a potential source.

Pretty sure you could get accused of being a witch for not being willing to accuse others of being witches, hence a purity test of furvor.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn't say feudalists didn't purity test people, I said they didn't do it on the basis of their belief in the right kind of feudalism.

Unless you want to count loyalty to each noble as a different kind of feudalism which is arguably true enough.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Sure, but not really relevant

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

If these people knew real history (not their made up fantasy of the “good times”) they wouldn’t be dumb fascists.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I wish this wasn't such a good point.