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Act_of_Reparation

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7. I would argue it was democratic government, broadly.

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 01:30 PM

Mar 2020

Virtually every government in Europe and North America was as opposed to communism as the Axis powers. I think the Church sided with Hitler and Mussolini because the Church had long favored authoritarianism over liberal democracy, and saw in fascism the opportunity to fend off secularism and reassert its authority.

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