Unfortunately, there is a quite a bit of incorrect information in this article.
The two biggest problems are, he is too nice to conservatives.....the other is, he claims that *all* fascism was neither left nor right. While it might have been partially true for Italian fascism, this was not true for Hitler's Nazis; Hitler's Nazis were *very* far right-wing overall, despite the early influence of the Strasser Bros. Make NO mistake about that.
While it may be true that some more moderate conservatives in Germany were indeed quite concerned about the rise of Hitler, the more extreme and more hardcore traditionalist conservatives were not, by and large; and in fact, the latter wholeheartedly supported the Nazis almost to a man. And those businessmen who did oppose Hitler (quite of few of them Jewish, mind you!), found themselves in very hot water very quickly.
He also insists that the most diehard resistance to Hitler's regime came from the hardline aristocrats in German society; apart from von Stauffenberg(who may not have even been hardcore then but was originally so and a former Hitlerite himself), the most spirited resistance actually came from the leftist groups, particularly those like the White Rose Society.....and we all know what the Nazis did to them!
And then what bothers me, personally, is that he seems almost desperate in places, to try to absolve conservatives in general of their sins, even while (barely) acknowledging their dark side, while also employing the "The other side was just as bad!" fallacy popular with today's hardcore conservatives.
It’s conveniently forgotten, however, that well into the 20th century, the labor movement in the United States was as heavily committed to racial exclusion as any collection of Southern good ol’ boys -- keeping African-Americans out of the skilled trades, for example, was seen by many labor activists as essential to boosting the wages of white laborers. With embarrassingly few exceptions, racial prejudice was widely accepted straight across the American political scene until the convulsions of the 1960s finally pushed it into its present state of slow disintegration.
This is simply not quite the case. Yes, even the left had a few problems with racism in America. But the problem with actual racism on the left was actually miniscule(maybe not so much with basic prejudice, but even
that holds true to a good degree) compared to what the right was up to.
I guess I could try to go on, but to be honest, I tend to be rather unskilled at explanations even if I know a lot about the subject at hand(which is true here). Even though there may have been a few nuggets of truth, it's still of mediocre quality and Johnny is probably better off pontificating about how he thinks the world is inevitably doomed to permanent decline, etc.(yes, he IS a climate doomer, btw)
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