The Museum of Ideas That Make You A Nazi
A documentation of policies, laws, and actions that follow authoritarian patterns.
Because “protect the children” is always the authoritarian’s favorite excuse.
Currently Happening
These aren’t historical warnings. These are ongoing atrocities happening right now.
While I fight with Hugo to comply and create the statuses pages, use the links below instead. I hope to be done soon.
- Lys (2025-12-15)
Why This Exists
Every atrocity starts with a “reasonable” justification.
Every surveillance state is built policy by policy.
Every genocide follows the same playbook.
Understanding history means recognizing it when it repeats.
The Pattern
Every entry follows the same structure:
- The Pitch: How it was sold to the public
- The Reality: What it actually does
- The Pattern: Which historical atrocities it mirrors
When you see the same patterns repeating - dehumanization, surveillance, collective punishment, “emergency” powers, targeting marginalized groups - you’re watching fascism build itself.
The difference between “never again” and “it’s happening again” is recognition.
Browse By
By Status:
- Currently Happening - Atrocities happening right now
- Active - Policies in effect today
- Proposed - Being pushed through legislatures
By Category:
- Surveillance - Privacy violations, encryption back-doors
- Atrocities - Genocides, mass violence
- Targeting Marginalized - Laws targeting specific groups
- Corporate Malfeasance - Corporate harm and environmental destruction
- Thought Control & Propaganda - Speech restrictions, propaganda
- Environmental Destruction - Environmental racism and ecological collapse
By Pattern:
- All Patterns - Browse all documented patterns
Other:
- All Entries - Complete listing of everything
- Contributors - The people who made this possible
What You Can Do
This isn’t just documentation. This is a call to action.
- Recognize the patterns before they complete
- Share this knowledge with people who don’t see it yet
- Resist when you see it happening
- Support those being targeted
- Document abuses when you witness them
- Organize with others who recognize the threat
A Note on the Name
“Don’t Be A Nazi” is confrontational by design.
When governments:
- Build mass surveillance infrastructure
- Target marginalized populations
- Use collective punishment
- Dehumanize groups of people
- Claim emergency powers
- Justify violence as “security”
Those are fascist patterns. Nazi patterns. We should call them what they are.
If the name makes you uncomfortable, good. That discomfort is recognition.
Note: We understand this title may be jarring or unsettling for some readers, especially those with personal or historical ties to these terms. That discomfort is part of the project’s purpose: to make you pause and question why these patterns feel familiar.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana
But we’d add: Those who recognize the patterns can interrupt them.