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We Soon Learn Whether Most Americans Are Any Different From the Masses Who Fell in Line With Hitler and Stalin
The American Spectator ^ | October 28, 2020 | Dov Fischer

Posted on 10/29/2020 11:06:48 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat

Most Americans of all stripes flatter themselves that somehow we Americans are better than others. The sense that we are smarter, more civilized, built a greater country, just have something in us that makes us better because we live here. Even most leftists feel that way, quietly complimenting themselves that somehow they are better for being here in the America they hate.

We soon shall see.

Is there something uniquely corrupt and toxic in the German soul that explains Hitler’s rise? Maybe. But then you have to explain all the non-Jewish Germans like Oskar Schindler who risked and gave their lives to save Jews while some others of non-German heritage in America identified with Hitler and Nazism — as still is true even today.... In the next few days we will get our first authoritative glimpse of what the 2020 elections have wrought. We may not know the actual results for months — itself a matter fraught with danger. No one fairly argues for unanimity. In any reasonable polity, there should be a split of 52-48 or maybe 55-45 or even maybe 60-40. People with free and independent minds are entitled to differ. There are adequate reasons to justify a split between two worldviews when 150 million or so cast votes. But this election also will cast light on what happens when half an electorate goes to vote without knowing half of what has transpired the previous four years and without even knowing what they do not know....

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


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To: CheshireTheCat

There’s a big difference between then and now . Back in those days the non-pliant populous had nowhere near the personal firepower which millions of American poses today . Unarmed ‘masses had no choice but to submit to the politically controlled armed forces. We have a choice . Try and oull.that shit here and now and see what happens . Furthermore , the U.S. military will not follow the orders of some new ,socialist/commie, insane regime. Regardless of ‘ the Constitution, or the stupid , asinine, voters that out them in to power. We will see a purge and a ‘clensing’ of this nation that will be historic . Forward to the foe. Lock & load.


21 posted on 10/29/2020 12:13:26 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: CheshireTheCat

Excellent; a favorite line: “Alas, there never was pravda in Izvestia, and there never was izvestia in Pravda.” (but there is BS is CBS, and lots of it).

I’ve always reserved my greatest contempt for the media - one expects the Democrat party to be who they are: greedy, venal opportunists of the worst order. But the media have a specific responsibility - to shine the light of truth on all in the political realm, and instead they’ve become little more than shills and enablers for the worst in our public sector. The guy who wrote this article does an excellent job in making the latter point.


22 posted on 10/29/2020 12:17:55 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: CheshireTheCat

23 posted on 10/29/2020 12:19:00 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Junk Silver

If Trump were really Hitler, a lot of Dems would be lampshades by now.


24 posted on 10/29/2020 12:28:30 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: DesertRhino

“Sorry simpleton.”

I stand by my opinion. You greatly diminish your credibility by resorting to childish name calling. This isn’t D.U., you try keeping up.


25 posted on 10/29/2020 12:34:10 PM PDT by Junk Silver (Calling an Antifa protest "Mostly peaceful" is like saying your girlfriend is "Mostly not pregnant".)
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Clearly they are not. Vast numbers of humans living in USA are not your USAians. They are completely lost or just plain Bolsheviks...


26 posted on 10/29/2020 12:53:57 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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Clearly they are not. Vast numbers of humans living in USA are not your USAians. They are completely lost or just plain Bolsheviks...


27 posted on 10/29/2020 12:54:05 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Actually, we’ll soon learn if the DNC/Communist voter fraud succeeded in their coup d’état.


28 posted on 10/29/2020 12:57:54 PM PDT by newfreep (The Communist/DNC VOTER FRAUD is Trump's ONLY opponent in 2020 election.)
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To: Junk Silver

“Besides, today’s Democrats owe a lot more to Mao for their ideology and comportment.”

Very much disagree. There is little difference between Mao and Hitler in terms of thuggery, but the modern Chinese economy is virtually identical to NAZI Germany’s and nothing like Mao’s vision. Since the CCP owns the Dems and the CCP is now the NAZIs rather than Maoists, I’m gonna say that the Dems owe more to Hitler than Mao. Add to that the fact that the NAZIs got a lot of their ideology from the Dems in the first place and you see that it comes full circle and the Dems really haven’t changed all that much since the Progressive Era.


29 posted on 10/29/2020 12:59:30 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
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To: veracious

Gee, I just made my first double post, if I’m not mistaken.


30 posted on 10/29/2020 1:02:21 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: CheshireTheCat
Is there something uniquely corrupt and toxic in the German soul that explains Hitler’s rise?

yes. Their philosophy (thanks to Kant and Hegel and their followers):

metaphysics: reality is unknowable
epistemology: emotionalism
ethics: collectivism & irrational form of altruism
politics: statism
economics: fascism = de facto socialism

31 posted on 10/29/2020 1:47:45 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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We Soon Learn Whether Most Americans Are Any Different From the Masses Who Fell in Line With Hitler and Stalin

We already know - they're the ones insisting that we all wear masks...

32 posted on 10/29/2020 5:45:59 PM PDT by eldoradude (Just do it!)
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To: Junk Silver

What else do you call it when there is a story about Hitler and the election, and when someone mentions Hitler while discussing Hitler, you invoke some silly leftist meme?

It’s... simple minded.


33 posted on 10/29/2020 10:10:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

The Freepers on this thread don’t seem to think that Godwin’s law is a “silly Leftist meme”.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3899713/posts

Make sure you get on there and call them all simpletons too.


34 posted on 10/30/2020 4:44:27 AM PDT by Junk Silver (Calling an Antifa protest "Mostly peaceful" is like saying your girlfriend is "Mostly not pregnant".)
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