Germans vs. Americans
Did Hitler have policies, that many German people supported, even though...?
..they personally disapproved of his personal attributes? For example, did they approve of the Volks Wagen (the Folks Car) because it would create jobs and help their economy? They did not like Hitler standing in front of the world and screaming and preaching the way he did. But otherwise, they could put up with him?
I was not there. I can only imagine the political environment in parts of Germany at that time. They were only beginning to recover from their WWI tragedy. They had been decimated and embarrassed in front of the world.
Is there any kind of parallel with the American people in today's political environment?
We hear many Republicans in Washington say that they don't always agree with their President and they are not afraid to speak up when they do disagree. That seems to be their basic response.
But when they do agree with his "tax policies" and "defense spending" and "Supreme Court Justices", they question their own moral failings?
That they then can agree with his policies but distance themselves on some personal issues of "character"? Is that possible?
This is not to say that Donald Trump is not like Adolph Hitler, but that the American people may be - somewhat - like the German people of that time?
Just a theory. Open for discussion.
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