Friday, 22 July 2011

Neo Nazis

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,775764,00.html

Briefly skimmed this article on the upbringing of the children of far right Neo-Nazis (although I've always wandered about the automatic correlation of Nazism with right wing policies. Sure the conservative social values, racism and fervent nationalism fit the bill but what about the Keynesian economics and nationalization of large parts of industry? Maybe fascism is primarily defined by its authoritarian attempt to control all aspects of a citizen's life rather than by a position on the left-right spectrum.)

This paragraph caught my eye, "Experts are worried about the children of Germany's neo-Nazis growing up in isolated extremist communities. The children read Nazi-era books, put together puzzles showing maps with 1937 borders and attend camps with ideological instruction. Is it time for the state to intervene?"

Maybe I'm jaded but my first thought was, "Could be worse. At least they aren't using maps with the 1942 borders."

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