As popular reference, people think of the appeasement policy as PM Neville Chamberlain returning from Munich saying he had averted war. But that’s not the origin of the policy. In 1935, in the depths of the Depression, fascist insurrectionists rose against the republican government of Spain. The fascists were immediately supported with money and arms from Italy and Germany. The republican government appealed for help from Britain and the British government asked for assurances that British investments would be safe. The Spanish government had a communist faction that wanted to nationalize foreign businesses and they couldn’t immediately make that assurance. The Spanish fascists heard about this and let the British government know that if they prevailed British businesses would not be touched. The British government then said their official position was not to do anything to impede the fascists in the civil war and that became the appeasement policy.
The point is that big business will always find a way to accommodate fascism. Capitalism doesn’t need democracy to work and corporations aren’t going to put themselves at risk to preserve it. On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect the reason all the media — print and broadcast — has been > rewarding Trump is they know the guy holds a grudge, they know he > encourages violence against those who oppose him, they know the Supreme > Court voted to grant kingly powers to the presidency, and… well… they are > scared sh*tless that the tyrant is going to behead them on January 6th. As > a result, they are catering to Trump, and there really is no journalism in > the United States anymore. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It seems to me that Trump has never won a court case (although there may >> have been settlements). Considering that, why didn't ABC consider that the >> law was on their side--or did Iger tell them to capitulate so that he >> wouldn't have the Army at his home on Jan. 21 to arrest him for treason? >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 12:35 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well, if you had even the slightest inclination that the major media >>> outlets were going to challenge Trump, this is some awfully depressing >>> news. >>> >>> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrw57q4y9do >>> >>> It's five o'clock here in the Hass household. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdU2Ad6%3D1o8R_2_w_xGxcjXjvd4s_ZQRsnaSH-2EPcLKg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdU2Ad6%3D1o8R_2_w_xGxcjXjvd4s_ZQRsnaSH-2EPcLKg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9UveMEgwxp-SQ6yR%3DHM70F5Dn_0NaXMPGB_nhgO4UG0w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9UveMEgwxp-SQ6yR%3DHM70F5Dn_0NaXMPGB_nhgO4UG0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Dk172qK7Vnf6FQ59ZoW7_N-Mkwq_wjdNXyWjkTzioVNw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Dk172qK7Vnf6FQ59ZoW7_N-Mkwq_wjdNXyWjkTzioVNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHkk4zu1JKe1encd0%2Bmc7cXnE0kO46rZyDcEOBJUJ7a3g%40mail.gmail.com.
