todayilearned Bot ,
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TIL Joe McCarthy, the US Senator responsible for blacklisting thousands of Americans accused of being a communist, was a well known Nazi sympathizer who was largely responsible for ensuring that the vast majority of Nazi's were not prosecuted in Nuremberg

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/senator-mccarthys-nazi-problem-180975174/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1azc92z/til_joe_mccarthy_the_us_senator_responsible_for/

Npars01 ,
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@todayilearned

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/opinion/bmw-porsche-nazi-germany-quandt-flick.html

According to the documentary "The Accountant of Auschwitz", out of 400,000 registered Nazis, only 27 faced serious consequences.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accountant_of_Auschwitz

The billionaires funding the Nazis of today are counting on those kind of odds working in their favor again.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Billionaires

The impunity of fascism is what they're buying.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/18/nazi-billionaires-book-hitler-bmw-porsche

ariadne ,
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@Npars01 a good article but unfortunately behind a paywall. Here is a non-paywalled link - https://archive.ph/JsH5l @todayilearned

Npars01 ,
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@ariadne @todayilearned

I use my public library card to access most pay walled material.

Thank you for the link!

ariadne ,
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@Npars01 the same applies to the Swarovskis, as in Swarovski crystal. Read this - https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-708815 @todayilearned

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