Bulwark Fail

I'm was reading Frederick Taylor's Dresden, and came across this paragraph:

The Communists could have combined with the Social Democrats to form an anti-Nazi bulwark but refused, claiming that the Social Democrats were, in effect, the real fascists (one of the main Communist taunts was to call them “social fascists”). The Nazis, on the other hand, were simply a symptom of the decline of the wretched petty bourgeoisie. Therefore the important thing for loyal Communists was to oppose the Social Democrats—not the Nazis, who were doomed in any case, along with the class they represented.

It's eerie how much this dovetails with 2016, with Bernie supporters opposing mainstream Democrats. I know this comparison has been made and analyzed a gajillion times. But it was interesting to come across it in a book from 2005.

The sad part is, it's probably going to happen in 2020 as well. The purity tests will begin with the Kavanaugh confirmation.