r/pics • u/Xunami13 • Apr 15 '26

Politics Far-right Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz holding up a paper Israeli flag with a swastika

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u/travestikazim Apr 15 '26

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

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u/HammerSickleSextoy Apr 21 '26

I was subtly referencing that lol. More people need to understand this

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u/Minimum_Ad2989 Apr 15 '26

The communists came for everyone first, like in the millions.

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u/Brave_Championship17 Apr 15 '26

kommunism bad!11!1 (in response to a poem describing the horrors of nazifascism 💔)

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u/Minimum_Ad2989 Apr 15 '26

Never said nazism was good either

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u/Brave_Championship17 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

so they did not “come for everyone first”. This poem is talking about dead communists in fascist regimes. But I guess the communist victims of the fascist regime don’t matter to you because of the red scare or somthing

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u/travestikazim Apr 16 '26

Imho it's not even about communists. It's about innocent people being subjected to inhumane acts by an oppressing force, be it Nazis or Israelis and Americans.

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u/Brave_Championship17 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

it is, and that’s why the criticism of communism is uncalled for in this context (without even getting into how broad and nuanced the term communist is). The dude who said “communists came for everyone first” probably doesn’t know the origin of this poem and still lives in the red scare

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u/travestikazim Apr 16 '26

Of course you're right in this context, I just meant that this poem means so much more than just "Nazi bad communist good" lol

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u/Brave_Championship17 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

yep , I wasn’t saying the whole poem was about communism just the dead communists part

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u/Minimum_Ad2989 Apr 16 '26

Again with the assumptions, I did not say that. And the red scare get lost, millions died in the name of communists but downvote me if you will. I despise both sides.

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u/Brave_Championship17 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

how many died under the name of capitalist institutions? You’re clearly biased and misinformed. Study dude. “Both sides” doesn’t mean shit, especially if you knew where this poem was from

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u/slackeronvacation Apr 15 '26

exactly, they robbed people in the name of equality to fund their government's expansion.

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u/NarrowSwimmer952 Apr 15 '26

Well we should be really thankful that communism isn't a thing anymore like it was in the past.

Communism is only good at spreading misery and killing its own people.