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Before Hitler, who was the go-to comparison for slandering your opponent? (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I cbf looking now, but the keiser compared the german fighting spirit to that of the hun during the later part of the 19th century, scramble for Africa propaganda about how good germans will be at conquest

shouldn't be hard to find the origin with a quick search but this is my recollection from the last time I looked