you are correct.
the facts certainly do matter.
Let me try to clarify my earlier muddy statement...:
the value in studying history is to discern the lessons that it contains.
the German mind has a historical tendency to be very precise, regimented and orderly...while sometimes failing to look at the big picture. this “trait” led them into two World Wars, and utter ruin.
Hitler understood this tendency, and took full advantage of it, exploiting the emotional pain surrounding Versailles and the global depression of the late 1920-early 1930’s.
Interestingly, after his failed putsch attempt in 1923, and subsequent prison term, he vowed to capture power by “legal” means....ballot box, etc...with a little coersive help from the SA. Not unlike what is happening here, today, in many respects.
“... Not unlike what is happening here, today, in many respects...”
My thoughts precisely.. so to your earlier point... some lessons were indeed learned :^) - by the democrats and their henchmen SA allies... our modern day Nazi party.