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Top African referee Omar Artan refused access to US and will miss World Cup
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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If you don't want to accept international travellers don't host international events.
Even Jesse Owens got into Germany in 1936
In the Fascism 1.0 era, fascists were not about keeping people out. Quite the opposite. They were about (a) keeping people in (e.g. in Italy) and (b) expanding borders outwards to create lebensraum/spazio vitale and then either forcibly assimilate, expel or ...exterminate.
Keeping people out is a Fascism 2.0 issue.
That's because the Nazis were capable of long-term strategic planning.
I have to vehemently disagree because the Nazis are fucking overrated and don't deserve too much credit. Very little known fact that most people don't realise is that Nazi Germany was on a brink of another economic collapse before invading Poland. In spite of warning from his economic minister at the time, Hitler let government spending balloon because of rearmament and increased public spending including pageantries to distract and awe the public. Hitler did not want to hear any contrarian opinions and sidelined his economic minister. Hitler had to absolutely invade countries to plunder and fund his government. If there was no war, Nazi Germany would have just collapsed on its own.
And lastly, if the Nazis were forward thinking, then why were they shocked when the Allies declared war on them? Hitler was deluded enough to think he could even convince the British to side with him to fight against communism.
Like attacking Moscow in winter?
C'mon Morty, in and out, 15 minute adventure!