Opinion - Americas neo-Nazis dont look to Germany for inspiration. They look to Russia (WaPo)

[jpak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/08/22/americas-neo-nazis-dont-look-to-germany-for-inspiration-they-look-to-russia/?utm_term=.959b29779c8c

America’s white nationalists may bear swastikas, raise Nazi salutes and cheer for the protection of “Blut und Boden” (blood and soil) for all to see. They may say “Heil Trump!” and laud the legacy of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell.

But for these American white supremacists, it’s not Nazi Germany to which they look.

It’s Russia.

It doesn’t take much to gather white nationalists’ affections for modern Moscow — a regime whose model they want to bring to bear in the United States. For David Duke, who has seen his books sold in the Russian Duma, Moscow remains the “key to white survival.” For Richard Spencer, a founding member of the alt-right’s rogues’ gallery — and someone married to the translator of Alexander Dugin, Russia’s illiberal polemicist extraordinaire — the Kremlin stands as the “most powerful white power in the world.” For Matthew Heimbach, who has said he would like to see the United States fracture on ethnic lines, Vladimir Putin has transformed into the “leader of the free world.”

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[kimbutgar]

1. We should crowdfund these neonazis to move to Russia

They can be among their own and have the type of leader they want. Let's send twitler with them.

[dalton99a]

2. +1

[meow2u3]

5. I strongly agree

The sooner those nazi scum can be shipped off to Russia--in a shipping container, preferably--the better!

[dalton99a]

3. Great article.

[moondust]

4. Of all the millions of refugees

from Syria, Afghanistan, Africa, etc., I haven't heard of any of them trying to migrate to Russia. I don't know if bigotry has anything to do with it, but the deportation of Crimean Tatars and other Tatar mistreatment could be a clue.

Also: Russia Is Trying to Wipe Out Crimea’s Tatars