They gained popular support by speaking out against Communists in the United States.
Part of history come on broski
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Racist policies tend to delegitimize the ideals and purposes of the government, since they pose a factual situation in which the rights and guarantees that citizens have as subjects of law in the nation are recognized to a lesser extent due to their racial, ethnic or national identity.
Thus, the institutional racism of governments casts doubt on the goodwill and integrationism that should be on any public servant's agenda today. Every politician or official who carries out racist policies loses credibility in his objectives related to the common good, as he does not seek a benefit for the whole society but directly or indirectly excludes a part of it.
<span>Remember, at the time, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Empire (unlike any of the other major states in Europe) was a patchwork of over a dozen major ethnic groups. Nationalism tends to organize along ethnic boundaries (that is, nations tend to form around a large concentration of one ethnic group). Thus, with a very large number of different ethnic groups, the Empire had to worry about each group wanting to split from the Empire, and form its own nation. Indeed, after WW1, this is what happened to the Empire - it was split into about a 8 different countries (or, more accurately, portions of 8 countries included lands formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).</span>
