To: fivecatsandadog
I don't believe he was ever wildly popular among the German people. Maybe a 3rd were true believers, another 3rd just wanted to eat, and the remaining 3rd were too terrified to speak. After all, the guy only won a minor seat and political manipulations and deal making took him to real power.
Third Reich - The Rise (in their own words)
If anything, the nazis used things like manufactured consent to appear more popular than they were.
8 posted on
11/16/2012 7:21:55 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
“If anything, the nazis used things like manufactured consent to appear more popular than they were.”
Well? Sound familiar?
18 posted on
11/16/2012 7:36:35 AM PST by
fivecatsandadog
(Don't let reality ruin your day.)
To: cripplecreek
"...the nazis used things like manufactured consent to appear more popular than they were." Axelrod calls it "astroturfing".
19 posted on
11/16/2012 7:37:04 AM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: cripplecreek
37 posted on
11/16/2012 9:00:49 AM PST by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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