A Warning From History - How Hitler destroyed Democracy

[packman]

A long read - worth it though because the parallels are scary and frightening:

"Whereas other politicians seemed to dither or to act as mere administrators, Hitler projected purpose and dynamism. They remained trapped within the existing conventions of political life; he proved a master at denouncing those conventions and manipulating the media. The first politician to tour the country by air during an election campaign, Hitler issued an endless stream of slogans to win potential supporters over. He would make Germany great again. He would give Germans work once more. He would put Germany first. He would revive the nation’s rusting industries, laid to waste by the economic depression. He would crush the alien ideologies—­socialism, liberalism, communism—­that were undermining the nation’s will to survive and destroying its core values. "


https://www.thenation.com/article/the-ways-to-destroy-democracy/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. And Hitler destroyed democracy by democratic means.