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Oh, they will. Culture wars only go so far when your wallet is _truly_ affected.

• immibis 2y ago
  Wasn't that the alleged reason for continued escalations in Germany in the 40s?
  • cyberax 2y ago
    Not really. Hitler got entrenched in power because his economic policies _worked_ in 1930-s. They were broadly Keynesian: state spending to stimulate infrastructure (for the military) and manufacturing (also mostly military). This led to economic growth that people really felt in their wallets: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Economic_development_of_Germany_1930-1950.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Economic_development... And so it resulted in a huge upswing in Nazi support, enabling Hitler to stay in power. People really _loved_ him. This doesn't work all that well backwards. If peoples' lives keep getting materially worse, it's hard to keep blaming it on "the others".