• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I seem to remember 10s of thousands of Nazis gathering in Madison Square Garden. They weren’t all rocket scientists, most of them were getting swindled by a grifter. The leader(s) at the time I believe got charged with fraud and their movement started to sizzle out.

    • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      Yes, back then, fascism was en vogue pretty much all over the place, it only became a fair bit less popular when some of the states where the fascists actually got into power started waging war on everyone and their cat.