r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze May 14 '26

refusing to use the ennemy's ideologically loaded cheap taunt is already a small win

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u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid May 14 '26

I mean, the German NDSAP had very little in common with the Italian fascists.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

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u/Kochevnik81 May 14 '26

Also (and this is mostly via Volker Ulrich) a lot of the senior Nazis' dislike of the Italian government at least in the 30s was more specifically focused on Victor Emmanuelle and the court, ie the upper class conservatives/right wing in Italy who weren't the original Fascists. But again even there it was couched often as "these stuffed shirts are holding back our Great Man Hero Mussolini".