Thread:4th of Augustball/@comment-39545695-20200305030417/@comment-31790865-20200305052352

Welp, I thank you for addressing this in a polite and reasonable manner. I shall try my best to answer your queries.

Now, it's seemingly evident that you are opposed to Nationalism and Authoritarianism. Indeed the Metaxas Regime was nationalistic and authoritarian and I support it as such. This regime came at a time where Greece was without economic/social stability, possessed many partisan political divisions (which became violent at times), had coups and counter coups flying at ever direction all whilst being surrounded by states which either wished to carve the country up (like Albania for Chameria, Bulgaria for Thrace and Fascist Italy) or possessed Greeks within them which were being oppressed (Northern Epirus under Albanian control, Italian Dodecanese and British Cyprus). Once the Metaxas Regime occurred, all of these problems were more or less fixed.


 * He arrested Communists and Nazis (all of which were contributing to instability)
 * Managed to pass various economic reforms which saw Unemployment Insurance, Maternity, A five day-40 hour work week, guaranteed two weeks vacation and strict work-place safety standards
 * Created a new Greek national identity (that of the "Third Greek Civilisation), one that prioritised and accepted all things Greek (Language, Culture, Family and Religion) whilst accepting those who assimilated (such as Arvanites and Aromanians)
 * Deported those who were unassimilated and actively attempting to secceed from Greece (such as the Cham Albanians and Slavs, both of which would return and collaborate with Communists and Nazis)

and much more!

As you have also stated, he was responsible for defeating the Fascistic Italians and delivering the allied powers their first victory over the Axis Powers. Metaxas, in my eyes, rescued Greece and preserved it into the country we know today (culturally... all this economic faults are due to sociaism).

Now I shall bring up the topic of Fascism. I see Fascism as an Ultra-Nationalistic (often Eugenics based), Imperialistic and Progressive ideology that does not align with my view points. I, for one, am a Greek nationalist, one who believes that the Hellenic State should be united (as in, possess borders based on demographics. Meaning Greece should annex Northern Epirus and Cyprus), religious and traditionalist. I do not believe that Greece has the right to annex huge swathes of Anatolia and the Balkans based off of ethnic superiority (because I believe that is bullshit) and imperialistic ideals. When you look at Fascism, you will also tend to notice a pattern. One that believes that they (as Fascists) should destroy corrupted, traditionalist institutions and renew the state into one that solely pledges it's allegiances towards the Party and State, rather than religion and tradition (things I wish to maintain).

In Nazi Germany and Fascistic Italy, they went out of their way to destroy traditional institutions (such as Monarchy, Religion and Culture) in an effort to renew their states into a ultra-nationalist empire, all centred around the word of a totalitarian ruler. Metaxas and Franco are vehemently opposed to these notions (which is why they have been described as "reactionary, conservative dictatorships") as they went out of their way to preserve the Monarchy, Religion and Tradition within their respective nations.

This is why I support Franco, for he protected his nation from instability, Anarchism and Communism whilst also not giving into the same bullshit rhetoric of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Yes, they were indeed his supporters, but they were only friends due to their common hatred for degeneracy such as Communism and Anarchism (even Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany possessed their own rivalry due to differing views on Nationalism).

Now onto the Chetniks. The Chetniks were indeed collaborators as they saw it as a means of combatting against the Communist Partisans. This is not to say they didn't fight against the Fascists themselves (as I support Draza's Chetniks rather than the Nazi-based Pecanac Chetniks) but they did use collaboration a lot during their occupation. This is why I don't support the Chetniks as much but I still prefer them over Tito's Communist Partisans...

Sorry for this block of text. I thank you again for being polite.