05-28-2019, 12:26 PM
It has been illegal in both Austria and the German Federal Republic since WWII to use Nazi symbols, Nazi slogans, or ideology in public life. Such is a ban on the vilest form of political incorrectness, and it seems to not compromise liberty.
I am satisfied that many people in extreme-Right organizations who have had problems with the law can find sympathetic employers who share the same fascist beliefs. They might not get work in such areas as K-12 public education, bit so what? Public-school teachers are a conformist lot, anyway. Commies could get work, too. I read Masters of Deceit, and I came to recognize that the Commies have a good work ethic... and are surprisingly good businessmen.
Damned right that one gets fired, especially if your work requires that you present a conservative image. Tattoos are bad form in white-collar environments, but if I own a car dealership I most certainly am not going to hire a salesman who has a "White Power" tattoo in plain sight... or "Sieg Heil" tattooed just behind his knuckles (Yes, I have seen that!).
I am satisfied that many people in extreme-Right organizations who have had problems with the law can find sympathetic employers who share the same fascist beliefs. They might not get work in such areas as K-12 public education, bit so what? Public-school teachers are a conformist lot, anyway. Commies could get work, too. I read Masters of Deceit, and I came to recognize that the Commies have a good work ethic... and are surprisingly good businessmen.
Damned right that one gets fired, especially if your work requires that you present a conservative image. Tattoos are bad form in white-collar environments, but if I own a car dealership I most certainly am not going to hire a salesman who has a "White Power" tattoo in plain sight... or "Sieg Heil" tattooed just behind his knuckles (Yes, I have seen that!).
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.