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20. I've said before that "MAGA" is the new "Seig Heil" nt

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An incredibly salient quote from the very end of the final volume of a 3 book series on Nazi Germany [View all] Rainbow Droid Feb 2020 OP

😳 secondwind Feb 2020 #1

Edited quote for clarity... KewlKat Feb 2020 #2

+10000000 Pachamama Feb 2020 #5

I would suggest another edit: Disaffected Feb 2020 #34

Fair enough...thanks for the suggestion KewlKat Feb 2020 #38

Just finished reading this a couple months ago. earthside Feb 2020 #3

It's happening as we write. lark Feb 2020 #4

They won't wail Cosmocat Feb 2020 #8

I don't know about that. lark Feb 2020 #11

I've been aboard the "when Trump does X they'll see how bad he is" train for a long time. Girard442 Feb 2020 #32

This. Fox News will go on and on about how the Dems screwed it up Captain Zero Feb 2020 #12

Trump keeps I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #9

"I've spent my life studying Weimar Germany and the Third Reich" Me too! I used to live in Kitzingen uponit7771 Feb 2020 #6

Yes how in the world? triron Feb 2020 #17

My late MIL was Viennese. She said Germans were known for their science, culture, and literature... Hekate Feb 2020 #29

I believe similar is happening at the border in regards to trust; people just trust the US and don't uponit7771 Feb 2020 #36

Evans' Third Reich trilogy and Kershaw's Hitler biography are probably the definitive works Azathoth Feb 2020 #7

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Disaffected Feb 2020 #35

Rise and Fall is a classic Azathoth Feb 2020 #39

Yes, one of the best I've read (on any topic), Disaffected Feb 2020 #40

Nationalism is tribal. BSdetect Feb 2020 #10

The truth revealed bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #13

I have these books gembaby1 Feb 2020 #14

Nationalism is just tribalism on a grander scale. What Albert Einstein said was a the major threat. olegramps Feb 2020 #15

Holy shit Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #16

We've twisted things to the point you can no longer point out a truth Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #18

IF45 pumps up the 2nd tier of the economy to get votes from the poor tier. ancianita Feb 2020 #22

During the Senate "trial" kairos12 Feb 2020 #19

I've said before that "MAGA" is the new "Seig Heil" nt coti Feb 2020 #20

Also, they were in the mode of "keep calm and carry on." ancianita Feb 2020 #21

This deserved a graphic BadGimp Feb 2020 #23

Dejavu KewlKat Feb 2020 #24

I read the first two. Haven't read the third one yet because raccoon Feb 2020 #25

Just out of curiosity ... if they themselves couldn't remember that's what they thought ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #26

Probably contemporaneous accounts from newspapers, journals, and interviews of the 1930s-'40s... Hekate Feb 2020 #30

That method would not prove the assertion being made unless they were interviews with the mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #31

The quote is marked with notation 277, and when referenced will be found to read: Rainbow Droid Feb 2020 #33

That generation of Germans gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #27

Excellent books Cartoonist Feb 2020 #28

Big difference, though DFW Feb 2020 #37