Quick history lesson for those who don't understand what is happening now [View all]

[AZLD4Candidate]

Last edited Sat Nov 20, 2021, 01:02 PM - Edit history (2)

Another DUer posted "what doomed the Weimar Republic." There is more to it that what the DUer said and I felt, as a renegade history teacher who refuses to teach or even use history textbooks in his class, I should expand on that idea.

What the DUer said is absolutely correct. The Weimar Republic came down harder on the Sparticist rebellion than they did on the Kapp Putsch or the Beerhall Putsch. They even allowed the Freikorp to enforce laws, albeit selectively.

But what also doomed the WM was the fact that those out to destroy it used the laws and democracy to destroy it. Instead of violently taking over, those that would destroy it used elections and media to justify their actions and doom the WM.

In class, I teach that if a group wants to take over, there needs to be four conditions met:
1: Widespread fear (anti-vax crap)
2: Widespread poverty (some of the most Trumpian states are the poorest in the country)
3: Widespread anger (Trumpers)
4: Widespread hopelessness (voter apathy in saying they are all the same)

As soon as those conditions are met, all a despot needs to do is four simple things:
1: Blame the current government for the condition (Democrats)
2: Find a scapegoat (Foreigners, liberal elites, BLM, CRT, Jews)
3: Portray yourself at the answer to all your problems (Republicans)
4: Manufacture and exploit a crisis (Supply Chain, COVID19, refugee crisis, etc)

Works like a charm every time in history. Remember, for a despot to take over, it's all about appealing to emotion, not intellectualism.

Intellectual arguments die in the face of emotional reactions.