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Bavorskoami

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17. Gleichschaltung

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:36 PM

Oct 29

Not surprisingly there is a German word for what is happening.

Merriam-Webster says:
Gleichschaltung - noun
Gleich·schal·tung ˈglīḵˌshäl(ˌ tu̇ŋ, -təŋ

: the act, process, or policy of achieving rigid and total coordination and uniformity (as in politics, culture, communication) by forcibly repressing or eliminating independence and freedom of thought, action, or expression : forced reduction to a common level : forced standardization or assimilation

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LOUD & CLEAR czarjak Oct 29 #8

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New. Can. Of. Worms! czarjak Oct 29 #9

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John Phelan, US Secretary of Navy. NO military experience whatsoever! 70sEraVet Oct 29 #14

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If you can't stop them from thinking for themselves,... LudwigPastorius Oct 29 #16

Gleichschaltung Bavorskoami Oct 29 #17

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cardboard box... keroro gunsou Oct 29 #20

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MAGA mad because they were caught as being nazis Blue Full Moon Oct 29 #21

My suggestion to enlisted sailors & marines would be to start an underground online newspaper. Crowman2009 Oct 29 #22

Hope they like mutinies and desertions. Crowman2009 Oct 29 #23

It sucks to be a pilot when the troops are pissed! BidenRocks Oct 29 #24

Are some sailors privately objecting to Naval Death Squads? thought crime Oct 29 #25

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