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i feel like what a lot of people miss when it comes to “third reich” comparison is that no one actually knows or understands the intricacies of the nazi political system, how it worked, its objectives and whatnot.
It’s just an archetype. the idea of the third reich entered the collective psyche as a general and vague idea of “evil government”.
Look at any popular media featuring an evil empire, for example star wars: the enemy is always nothing but a reskin of the nazis. Because that’s what we imagine “evil” looks like, and thus why both left and right call each other literally Hitler - it’s such a vague idea that it can be applied to anything from concentration camps to 15 minutes cities.
anyone trying to draw serious comparisons with a government that existed 80 years ago just doesn’t know what they are talking about and is just trying to ride the rethorical power of words like “gestapo” “hitler” or “nazi germany”. Any self-respecting communist should be able to argue without resorting to that.
it’s kind of like calling someone who did property damage “vandal”. Whoever uses that term is hardly familiar with the vandal tribe and the vandalic kingdom, it’s just an archetype that has been used for so long that the original meaning is no longer relevant