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How fascist regimes claimed to end unemployment through militarisation

Original: The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either consc

Commentators are revisiting the historical claim that fascist states in the 1930s reduced unemployment by conscripting jobless men into the army or placing them in labour battalions and war industries, effectively turning national economies toward war production. The point is being raised in discussions of history and politics, with users arguing this 'solution' came at the cost of militarising entire societies and ultimately leading to catastrophic conflict.

Why now: Historical comparisons between 1930s fascist economies and current political debates are circulating widely.

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• The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants. # fascism # uspol # history # propaganda · army_talk_fascism · 17

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