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kairos12

(13,367 posts)
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:54 PM Jan 2022

Read today.

A researcher posted the thought that after studying authoritarian takeover of governments, Hitler/Duce, the common mistake by society was not to resist and/or rid themselves of these evil men while they still had the chance.

Voting rights. Putting the kingpins on trial, etc.

The sand is running through the glass.

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Irish_Dem

(72,202 posts)
1. Exactly correct. While Hitler was brutally invading Poland
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 07:13 PM
Jan 2022

the rest of the world dithered. People were afraid of Hitler and tried to appease him. Or they liked what he was doing.

I keep thinking that is what the US is doing now. Head in sand.

Biden's speech is pointing us in the right direction to fight hard before it is too late.

Ilsa

(63,028 posts)
2. Hell, he should have been left in jail in 1923 for the full five years
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 07:18 PM
Jan 2022

for his seditious actions in the Beer Hall Putsch. He only did 8 months. Five years might have broken him.

Irish_Dem

(72,202 posts)
3. Yes his sentence for high treason was very light. But gave him time to write Mein Kampf.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 07:24 PM
Jan 2022
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