To Save the Empire austria_events.40 · dlc014
The expansion of suffrage in … has provoked a sharp reaction amongst the traditionally conservative …. Many … have come to view … as a liability to the stability of the Empire.
"The politicians seek to make the Empire into a farce," began the Colonel. "Every expansion of the vote renders … more and more unmanageable. They spend their time stirring confusion and delay, and every delayed act places a new blemish upon the Crown." He saw nods all around. Each of the men at the table had felt budget cuts made in the name of securing the support of some provincial Diet. He continued. "Our Empire has entered its twilight years, and it is this ruin that we stand amidst. If this continues - if it is allowed to continue - I fear that we shall all be swept into oblivion."
The New Conservatives austrian_fascism.1 · dlc014
Inspired by discontent towards … parliamentary democracy, the traditional classes have begun to orient themselves towards the …. Their platform invokes … social teachings and the pacification of the labor movement under a ….
"We are also united by a second thing, a shared practical goal: to want the best, to bring the human community to its most pleasant condition. The one who stands on the right who sees in the actions of the left-wing socialists nothing but destruction, just as the one on the left sees in the actions of the right-wingers only dark disaster—they all may and must grant one another the conviction that the same noble striving guides them." — Othmar Spann, The True State
Austria Awakened austrian_fascism.2 · dlc014
The efforts of … and the … have successfully transformed … into a …. With the labor movement silenced or co-opted, a sense of social peace has been established at last.
"The highest desire of the working class is the right to work for God and Country. That is precisely what the communists are most afraid of." The Front recruiter with the slicked-back hair paced back and forth as he spoke. … stood at attention, his classmates at his sides. Forty-eight eyes followed his every movement. "Their weapon is sabotage and division, and they sow it wherever they go. This is what you will combat. You entered this hall as students, ones at the top of your class. You will leave it as stormtroopers."
Just a Dream austrian_fascism.3 · dlc014
The … has failed to seize control of …. Whilst the spectre of radical nationalism is sure to remain, the vision of the Ständestaat has faded into history.
… seemed to be breathing easier, these days. The hard-eyed youths in uniform had faded from the street corners, and wheat-pasted trade-union posters had once more become a common sight. From his position on a coffee-house veranda, … looked over a group of workers passing by. There was a flash of a face he recognized, in the center. "Mr. …?" wagered the man sitting across from him. "I think I saw him on a leaflet." "Whose leaflet?" "Nobody important, I imagine. I can't remember the last time I saw them around."
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