Lesh
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In a sense you correctly identify a problem and then you assign it to the wrong person/people.
The Banality of Evil in America?12 Jan 2024 ~~ By Rep. Kieth Self
Rep. Keith Self: The Banality of Evil in America? | The Gateway Pundit | by Rep. Keith Self
“The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.”― Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil How could a nation as advanced as...www.thegatewaypundit.com
“The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.” ― Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
How could a nation as advanced as Germany at the turn of the last century, embrace or even tolerate the tyranny of National Socialism? Why did German citizens, many of them sophisticated, so easily conform to and participate in the rabid antisemitic worldview of Adolf Hitler?
History tends to focus on the sinister leaders of WWII: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Adolf Eichmann. These malevolent men were only part of the equation. The state- sponsored ghettos, concentration camps, and systematic murders of more than six million Jews would not have been possible without the tolerance and participation of the German people.Can something similar happen again today in America?
This is the issue of the banality of evil. How ordinary people can become instruments of wickedness against fellow citizens.
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Here is some background. Prior to WWII, the prospect of a once peaceful, productive people inflicting inhumanity on mankind again through obedience to a tyrannical government seemed implausible.
The shattered post-World War I German economy was ripe ground for a socialist government to offer attractive solutions to a struggling people. With hyperinflation, vast unemployment, and desperation among working class people, the Nazi Party funded public projects and work schemes might have seemed like a good idea. Throw in public animosity against a struggling democracy, and you had the beginnings of the Third Reich.
Once Germans came under the Nazi spell, demonizing the Jewish people by creating a climate of hostility towards them followed.
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We are seeing in real time our own government lull Americans to sleep with mass welfare, bailouts, spiraling government spending, and healthcare mandates – all instituted by “experts”.
Progressives tested the theory of controlling American lives during the COVID-19 pandemic while also weaponizing the federal government against a certain segment of our population. It proved so successful that corporate board members and everyday citizens are now submitting to, tolerating, and even participating in this wicked scheme.
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While the silence of progressive politicians embracing the tyranny imposed on our liberty during the pandemic was stunning, radical Members of Congress promoting antisemitism is disgusting. Their puppets are leftovers from Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movements masquerading as pro-Palestinians. They are following with their eyes wide shut; promulgating protests in support of Hamas while attempting to justify the horrific actions of October 7th.
Unfortunately, the potential for this horrible point in human history repeating itself no longer seems farfetched. Shockingly, while America was largely responsible for the demise of National Socialism after WWII, our government may now be a catalyst for the re-emergence of the banality of evil, where ordinary citizens yield to its tyranny. Can it happen here?
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Who is really running this administration? Certainly, Biden us not.....
We are being told to follow what our leader tells us, Just as Hitler and yes, Joe Stalin did in the 20th Century.
The question one must ask is, are we repeating the errors of the past, just as George Orwell prophetically wrote?
I was surprised that no one has been aghast at the two vile Hitler like speeches Joe Biden made, One in dark blood red in Philadelphoa and another most recent in Valley Forge about White Supremacy and the MAGA's while shaking his fists.
Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump and Maga extremists
In a primetime address, the president further said the Republican party was ‘dominated, driven and intimidated’ by Trumpwww.theguardian.com
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🎥Biden kicks off 2024 campaign in Valley Forge, rips MAGA
Biden's kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country’s darkest moments-image fromhayspost.com
Trump is far more the authoritarian than Biden could ever be and you MAGA types actually are the danger to the rest of us.
I can't tell you how many MAGA types have espoused fascist illiberal views on this very forum. How many have said they don't care about the law as long as "they" win. How many have spewed vicious bigoted,antisemitic, vile, violent rhetoric.
I've read many many books about Germany and Nazism and the question of how an advanced educated country could let that happen to itself has always puzzled me.
And then I saw the rise of MAGA...and as shocked as I was by that...the question was answered.
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