# Great US Army anti-fascism video from 1945

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-army-anti-fascism-video-from-1945/816489 "2018-06-21T04:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-army-anti-fascism-video-from-1945/816489/1 "2018-06-21T04:14:42Z")

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[Don’t be a sucker.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4&)

I think this is the first time I have ever spammed a video on any format, the Dope, email, facebook, whatever, but I watched this on the front page of Reddit and I really want to share it. It is a video produced by the Army in 1945 about fascism and how it spreads and how not to be taken in by it. I found it captivating and very relevant to the current times.

Mundane, check. Pointless, hmmmmm. Stuff, check. Must share, check.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-army-anti-fascism-video-from-1945/816489/2 "2018-06-21T04:24:34Z")

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James Fallows wrote a blog entry about that 1947 classic back in 2016.

> **[Trump Time Capsule #31: 'Don't Be a Sucker'](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/trump-time-capsule-31-dont-be-a-sucker/623647/)**
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